Acupuncture Treatment for Irregular periods (menses)

Irregular menses

Sometimes early, sometimes late. Make sure that the patients patterns do not fit into an early or late menstruation pattern.



Liver Qi stagnation

scanty bleeding with some clots, patient is stressed out, experiences PMS, breast tenderness, mood swings, depression, hypochondriac pain or fullness, frequent sighing, ‘Plum-pit’ syndrome, psychological feelings of being easily frustrated, a sense of being held down, digestive complaints, T- may be normal or have slight purple or red colour on the sides, P- wiry

P/T – soothe Liver Qi flow

Acupunture – foot Jueyin, LR 3, 5, 14, SP 6, 8, 10, ST 29, SP 4 on the right & PC 6 on the left,

Zi gong, Ren 4, 6

- hypochondriac pain- GB 34, SJ 6

Kidney Yang deficiency

pale scanty bleeding, no clots, sore back &/or knees, tinnitus, feel cold, urinary incontinence or dribbling, copious clear urination, low libido, edema of the legs, loose stool (at 5am), excess clear vaginal discharge, T- pale moist, P- deep weak

P/T – warm & tonify Kidney Yang, regulate Chong and Ren

Acupuncture – foot Shaoyin, KI 3, 13, BL 23 & Ren 4, ST 36, SP 6

Rx – Jin Gui Shen Qi Wan, You Gui Wan, Gu Yin Jian

Kidney Yin deficiency

scanty thicker bright red or dark blood, dizziness, blurred vision, night sweats, dry mouth and throat, anxiety, irritable, feeling of heat in the head, hands, and feet in the afternoon, flushed cheeks, sore back, constipation, dark urine, T- red with no coating, may have cracks, P- thin rapid

P/T – nourish Kidney Yin, consolidate Chong and Ren to regulate menses

Acupuncture – LU 7 on the right & KI 6 on the left (confluent points), KI 3, SP 6, Ren 4, BL 23

Rx – Liu Wei Di Huang Wan, Zuo Gui Wan





Alternative Treatment Methods

auricular- Nei Shen Zhi Qi (internal reproductive), endocrine, subcortex, LR, SP, KI, Yuan Zhong

scalp- human reproductive system (electro)