Ancient Current Acupuncture & Herbs: Pregnancy. Fertility. Labor Support

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ancientcurrent — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 07:00:51 +0000

“ Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos—the trees, the clouds, everything.”
—Thich Nhat Hanh

Ancient Current® utilizes the tools of Chinese medicine—Acupuncture, Chinese Herbal Medicine, Tui Na massage, and lifestyle & nutritional counseling—to help infants, children and adults lead healthier and happier lives. These traditional modes of healing have endured thousands of years of testing and are employed by Ancient Current® to facilitate lasting changes in your life.

Although Ancient Current® has an emphasis on female reproductive health including fertility support, pregnancy, labor preparation and induction and postpartum recovery, we also treat anxiety, depression, insomnia, digestive complaints, pain, trauma, etc.

Ancient Current® is located exclusively in Manhattan at 80 East 11th street, suite 411. Please email Laurel@ancientcurrent.com for more information or call 917.862.7589.

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Laurel Axen Carroll

Ancient Current Acupuncture & Herbs

Supporting the Immune System Naturally

Acupuncture Evidence/Wall Street Journal

ancientcurrent — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:32:28 +0000

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Dietary Therapy & Acupuncture for Candidiasis

ancientcurrent — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:35:11 +0000

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Acupuncture for Depression in Pregnancy, Clinical Trial, Wall Street Journal

ancientcurrent — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:42:52 +0000

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Traditional Chinese Medicine for Lactation & NY Times Article

ancientcurrent — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:54:46 +0000

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Traditional Chinese Medicine for Pregnancy, Labor & Delivery and Post Partum Care

ancientcurrent — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 14:03:45 +0000

Fertility- Need a strong foundation of Blood and Yin to conceive and carry a child.
Acupuncture, herbs and diet can help prepare the body for a healthy pregnancy.
•   Regulate the menses.
•   Encourage blood flow to the uterus.
•   Relax the patient and calm the mind.
•   Increase fertile cervical fluids
•   Aid assisted reproductive technology.
•   Decrease endometriosis
•   Treat PCOS

Dietary Suggestions: Eggs, Omega 3 fatty acids, wheat germ, *quality red meat, chicken, almonds, gogi berries (gou qi zi)

Pregnancy: Full of Qi and Blood. Connect with the child within.
Acupuncture, herbs and diet can assist in alleviating:
•   Threatened miscarriage
•   Nausea
•   Sciatic pain
•   Nose Bleeds
•   Stress
•   Headache
•   Reflux
•   Hemorrhoids
•   Leg Cramps
Assist in:
•   Relaxation
•   Breech presentation
•   Labor induction
•   Stalled labor

Dietary Suggestions: ginger for nausea, vitamin C rich foods: broccoli, cabbage, grapefruits, lemons, peppers, strawberries, calcium rich foods: hijiki, brick cheese, wheat grass, sardines, nori, almonds, amanranth, wheat germ, floradix, raspberry leaf tea, B12

Postpartum Care: Postpartum Recovery-Loss of Qi and Blood

Some treatable symptoms are:
•   Insufficient lactation
•   Hair loss
•   Insomnia
•   Night sweats
•   Brittle nails
•   Depression
•   Back Ache
•   Shoulder pain

Dietary suggestions: root vegetables, chicken soup, *high quality red meat, ox tail, marrow, beets, molasses, spirulina, green magma, fish oils, black sesame seeds, seaweeds, fennel, spelt bread, berries, pomegranate, wakame

*Dietary suggestions from Healing with Whole Foods, Paul Pitchford

Book Suggestions:
Taking Charge of Your Fertility, Toni Weschler
The Complete Guide of Pregnancy and Childbirth, Sheila Kitzinger
Healing With Whole Foods, Paul Pitchford
Staying Healthy with Nutrition, Elson Haas
Prescription for Nutritional Healing, James and Phyllis Balch

Maya Abdominal Massage-The Arvigo Technique

ancientcurrent — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:59:48 +0000

Goddess Ix Chel as The Maiden

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Get your Lush, Delicious Skin: Facial Rejuvenation

ancientcurrent — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:57:46 +0000

Facial Rejuvenation: Face-Lift Acupuncture: Express your Inner beauty, vitality & serenity.

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Acupuncture May Cut Hot Flashes, Boost Sex Drive in Breast Cancer Patients

ancientcurrent — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 03:08:53 +0000

Acupuncture May Cut Hot Flashes, Boost Sex Drive in Breast Cancer Patients

By Amanda Gardner
HealthDay Reporter

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 30 (HealthDay News) — Acupuncture is just as good as standard medication to ease hot flashes and other uncomfortable symptoms in women undergoing breast cancer treatment.

And as an added bonus, the needle treatment may boost the patient’s sex drive and contribute to clearer thinking.

“I think the data shows you that acupuncture is a good option for these patients [and] it has no side effects,” added Dr. Eleanor Walker, division director of breast services in the department of radiation oncology at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, and lead author of a study appearing online Dec. 28 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

But another expert warned against taking the findings too seriously at this stage.

“It’s provocative but the problem is it’s a small number of patients and, having participated in research trials in vasomotor [hot flashes, night sweats, etc.] symptoms in women, it’s a field that has a large placebo effect,” said Dr. Jay Brooks, chairman of hematology/oncology at Ochsner Health System in Baton Rouge. “It needs to have a bigger trial.”

Prior studies have shown that acupuncture can reduce hot flashes in postmenopausal women without breast cancer.

All of these studies, however, compared acupuncture to sham acupuncture, not to commonly used drugs, Walker noted. This is the first randomized controlled study to compare acupuncture alongside medication.

Many women with breast cancer receive anti-estrogen hormone therapy, usually for as long as five years, in addition to other treatments.

Although hormone therapy is effective in reducing tumor recurrence, it does cause hot flashes and night sweats.

The antidepressant Effexor (venlafaxine) is the most commonly used therapy for relieving these symptoms, but the drug brings its own problems, namely dry mouth, reduced appetite, nausea and constipation.

“We need something that’s accessible that doesn’t add adverse effects,” Walker said.

For this study, 50 women with breast cancer were randomly assigned to receive 12 weeks of acupuncture (twice a week for four weeks then once a week) or daily Effexor. They were followed for a year.

Initially, both groups of women experienced similar reductions (about 50 percent) in hot flashes and depression, with an overall improvement in quality of life.

But the acupuncture benefits were longer lived. Two weeks out, women taking the antidepressant saw a resurgence in hot flashes while women in the acupuncture arm continued to have far fewer problems.

About 25 percent of women receiving acupuncture also reported more interest in sex while many also reported more energy and clearer thinking.

How might acupuncture work its magic? One expert had a theory.

Acupuncture operates as a balancing mechanism, said Janet Konefal, a licensed acupuncturist and assistant dean of complementary and integrative medicine at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. “It is a regulator for the systems of the body,” she explained. “It doesn’t add or take anything — it simply increases activity or decreases activity depending upon the points used. In this situation, it helped regulate the endocrine system, thus helping to balance the activity of hormones, neurotransmitters, and other biochemical reactions that regulate the body.”

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Winter & The Kidneys: A Chinese Medicine Prospective

ancientcurrent — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:22:49 +0000

“He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope has everything” Arabian proverb

WINTER and the KIDNEYS

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