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Female fertility – Egg quality from a Chinese medicine perspective.

Egg quality relates to the total number of eggs that are normal vs abnormal.  Egg quality is important when trying to conceive as poor egg quality will result in poor embryo quality and can result in poor implantation and pregnancy outcomes. Poor egg quality makes the risk of miscarriage higher and the response to IVF ... Read more

Fertility – Male Factor 

Did you know that sperm rates have dramatically declined around the world in the last 20 years? From the year 2000 the rate of sperm decline has accelerated to over 2.6% per year. Because testing reference ranges are based on what is ‘normal’ for the population as sperm rates decline the ranges of what is ... Read more

What Chinese medicine thinks about modern health practices

There are lots of modern health trends out there – but are they always beneficial? Chinese medicine is 1000’s of years old and its wisdom can be really insightful when discerning what is helpful and what is harmful. So, in this article we are going to look at 4 modern ‘health trends’ and identify how ... Read more