Healthy Cycle

Maintaining menstrual wellness from a TCM perspective.

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There are four important milestones in a woman’s reproductive life – menstruation, pregnancy, labour and menopause. While most women are mindful to take good care of themselves during pregnancy and their confinement period, many tend to overlook the importance of a healthy monthly menstrual cycle.

A regular menstrual cycle comprises four phases:

1. Menstrual flow – descending flow of energy and blood expels old blood in order for new blood to regenerate.

2. Post-menses – a vacuum occurs in the conception and governing vessels that needs to be renourished by new blood and