Uterine Ablation- Crime or Cure

Women suffering from extreme blood flow during their menstrual cycle and beyond are turning to this relatively new technique used in allopathic medicine. Unfortunately for some the outcome is worse than the previous condition. Most sources down-play the extreme nature of this type of procedure mentioning that it is "no more risky than most things we do daily" however it it reported that here are the factual risks women willingly accept out of frustration and not knowing they have less invasive options.

Here are the risks in black and white:Some of the risks of endometrial ablation procedures are perforation of the uterus, absorbing excess fluid, bleeding, infection, injury to organs within the abdomen and pelvis, and accumulation of blood within the uterus due to scarring. Another rare, but important, concern after any endometrial ablation procedure is that it might decrease your doctor's ability to make an early diagnosis of cancer of the endometrium.

Even with all of these risks women continue to opt for this procedure proclaiming "well, at least it's not a hysterectomy".

What options do women have when they are suffering from excessive uterine bleeding? Acupuncture, herbal medicine and moxabustion are all viable, non-invasive highly effective treatments. Most women do not know that these options are available to them.

Patients should seek treatment from Licensed Acupuncturists (certified Acupuncturists only have minimal training) and Licensed Herbalists. Their expertise should be women's health or women's medical mysteries. In my practice 90% of the time I am able to stop the bleeding in one treatment. Yes, I said one treatment. After which time we need to correct the underlying imbalance causing the extra-ordinary amount of blood flow.

There are several different reasons why a women has excessive menstrual flow and it is up to the practitioner to make a diagnosis as to why.

Blood Heat with Reckless Bleeding (think fast flowing red lava)
Blood Stasis creating heavy menstrual flow (think Dam)
Vacuity Patterns (think so weak body can't hold blood appropriately)
Mixed Patterns (any of the above mixed together)

Each pattern is easily decipherable using Traditional Chinese Medical Diagnosing. Then herbal prescriptions are recommended based on the exact principles applied for acupuncture points. The moxabustion is a warming of an herb above an acupuncture point that empirically stops bleeding. In my practice I have never been unable to stop uterine bleeding. Save a women's reproductive organs today and forward them this blog. I can be reached in my private practice American Acupuncture Center in Eagle, Idaho for further information www.AmericanAcu.com.