Archive for September, 2011

30
Sep

Overcome Infertility – Pelvic Inflammation Disease (PID) In Traditional Chinese Medicine Perspective

Pelvic Inflammation Disease (PID) is defined as a condition caused by inflammation or infection of the female uterus, fallopian tubes, and/or ovaries as a result of scars and adhesion in the pelvic region, which in turn prevent the implantation of egg during natural pregnancy process. It affects over 1 million women in U.S. every month and most of them are in their teen and twenties and over 100,000 women become infertile in the US alone each year. In traditional Chinese medicine PID is classified as the infection of a woman reproductive system. While convention medicine focus in using antibiotics to destroy the invasion of bacteria, virus, fungi, etc, in the infection or inflammation area, traditional Chinese medicine treats the problem as some tiny changes in the women ecosystem that cause PID, resulting in itching in the genital area, abnormal vaginal discharge and power abdominal cramps and pain.

I. I. Causes and Diagnosis of (PID) in the traditional Chinese perspective
A. Causes
Traditional Chinese medicine views PID as a condition of genital itching and leukorrhea (it is a medical term that denotes a thick, whitish vaginal discharge) caused by dysfunction of liver, kidney and Spleen. It believes pelvic inflammation disease is caused by damp heat moving downward and accumulated in the pelvic region as a result of liver stagnation or/and Spleen yin deficiency or /and kidney deficiency, leading to blood and qi deficiency or/ and stagnation.Therefore treating PID is focused in diagnosis of vagina discharge.

29
Sep

Vaginal Dryness – A Common Problem Faced By Most Women

You are not alone if you happen to suffer from such a problem. There are many women in every country who face this problem. Your chance of vaginal dryness increases once you have your menopause. The main reason for any one to suffer vaginal dryness is mainly due to reduction in estrogen production which leads to the drying and thinning of the vagina wall.

This creates problem in your sex life as there is complete loss of libido. As vagina is not properly lubricated making your sexual intercourse painful and a less pleasurable activity. General feeling at the vaginal area is that of itching and burning which can be very irritating. By lubricating your vagina this problem can be solved. Due to constant soreness any kind of sexual activity becomes more of pain than fun.

Vaginal dryness during and after menopause, is a much known fact. This kind of problem does not concern older women only or those who all are going through menopause. It can be a problem for any women. Some of the common and known causes other than reduction of estrogen level are cancer treatment medication, yeast infection, vaginal bacterial infection, douching and many more.

28
Sep

How to cure vagina dryness

Dry vagina is a problem faced by most women in almost every age. It is experienced by women of all ages but most common after menopause and may also occur in pregnant or lactating women and hormone replacement therapy. Other factors that also contribute to the dry vagina is like sex too much, or condom use tampons, coupled with the intake of some drugs, chemotherapy, or a douche and so is stress.

Sex cause vaginal dryness that painful, itchy, blistered, or frequent urination and painful feelings. This can cause you to have sex vapidity then led the decline in libido (desire shahwat) and can even lead to feelings of emotional and physical stress.

Dry vagina showed the decline in female sex hormones, or estrogen that helps maintain the acidity, helps lubricate the vagina, to maintain flexibility and kekemutan and for protection against infection. There is a natural method for treating a dry vagina which can be tried at home.