Support & guidance

The Perfect Period​

Find Your Flow with Acupuncture, Herbal Medicine + Nutrition
 
Our period is not just a regular “bleed” but instead a monthly health-card reflecting our internal physical and emotional state – our most beautifully, feminine workings. 

Finding your flow

This Perfect Period occurs due to a complex hormonal interaction between our brain, adrenal glands and reproductive system.

Length: 29 days

Regularity: +/- one or two days every month

Colour: red blood colour (not pale, brown or dark purple)

Pain: Seamless transition into menstruation without pain or PMT

When this delicate balance is disrupted, we may find our ideal healthy hormonal flow becomes irregular or even disappears entirely! But what is considered normal? According to Chinese medicine, a “healthy” menstrual cycle:

Flow: 3-7 day bleed, not overly light or flooding

Consistency: Smooth (not mucusy or clotted)

Spotting: No spotting mid-cycle or pre-menstruation

Understanding your monthly flow

Knowledge is the key to feeling confident and empowered in reclaiming your Perfect Period. I encourage you to be in touch with your own cycle by assisting you with identifying key aspects, from ovulation to your fertility window. And when you’ve knocked on many doors yielding no answers, I endeavour to become a partner in your journey to hormonal health and obtain all the information/support you need from my network of specialists in the following fields:

  • Hormonal Profiling
  • Nutritional Analysis
  • Gut Health
  • Herbal Formulas

It is my passion to help you reclaim your most feminine self by optimising your hormonal health, naturally.

 

Acupuncture + your period

Acupuncture is an effective technique used to treat the underlying conditions that may be disrupting your monthly flow such as stress, weight, digestion, scar tissue and internal inflammation. At my clinic, I work with many patients seeking natural techniques to overcome these endocrine disruptors and establish their Perfect Period.

Possible hormonal conditions causing irregular cycles:

Endometriosis

PCOS

Heavy Flow

Painful Periods

Irregular Menstrual Cycles

No Periods (Amenorrhea)

Anovulation

Peri-Menopausal

The Life + Lemons Approach

Rather than the traditional symptom-based approach to hormonal balance, I address the underlying causes of your hormonal health by addressing the whole person, not just isolated symptoms. Through a combination of acupuncture, herbal medicine and nutrition we look at how your body copes with stress, internal inflammation, your diet in additional to relevant medical history. Find hormonal balance and re-establish your Perfect Period with these 3 key steps that are designed to help you take back control of your health, naturally

If you have serious and on-going problems with your period or they have stopped entirely, you should see your GP for a more thorough investigation.

 

4 Phases of your cycle

In Eastern Medicine, we define our monthly flow into four distinct phases – a view that is guided by nature, the lunar cycle and the theory of Yin and Yang. By being mindful of how your cycle mirrors the ebb and flow of nature and your external environment, you can achieve a deeper, more intuitive understanding of your body.

We reveal the answers to your hormonal and fertile health issues. Here, we carve out an understanding of your body through the lens of Chinese and functional medicine. We may look at ordering specific private health tests for you whilst also supporting you to self-advocate with your GP.

We operate by the belief that nothing is unexplained. We work with you to leave no stone unturned to reveal the answers to your hormonal imbalance, chronic pain or infertility.

This journey begins with the initial 90 minute treatment and consultation with Clinic Director + Lead Acupuncturist, Kimberley Shepherd. Here, we deep dive into your current picture of health and health history to begin to piece together the complex jigsaw that makes you uniquely you. Followed up with a simple, restorative acupuncture treatment to begin preparing your body for positive transformation.

There is no one size fits all which is why we place so much importance on doing initial investigatory work to understand your unique picture of health.

We recover, bringing you back to baseline through a combination of acupuncture, functional medicine and nutrition. Finally giving you the space you need to heal.

The foundations of your recovery plan are outlined in your initial treatment plan report, presented to you after your first appointment here in clinic.

We reignite each and every cell in your body so you begin to not just survive but THRIVE. To lift the veil of fear and uncertainty, approaching the next steps of your hormonal, pelvic pain or reproductive health journey with confidence.

Patients that immerse themselves in this depth of healing see such transformational results to their health and fertility outcomes (Statistics + testimonials below).

We reignite each and every cell in your body so you begin to not just survive but THRIVE. To lift the veil of fear and uncertainty, approaching the next steps of your hormonal, pelvic pain or reproductive health journey with confidence.

Patients that immerse themselves in this depth of healing see such transformational results to their health and fertility outcomes (Statistics + testimonials below).

The Perfect Period Treatment

Rather than the traditional symptom-based approach to hormonal balance, I address the underlying causes of your hormonal health by addressing the whole person, not just isolated symptoms.

Through a combination of acupuncture, herbal medicine and nutrition we look at how your body copes with stress, internal inflammation, your diet in additional to relevant medical history.

Find hormonal balance and re-establish your Perfect Period with these 3 key steps that are designed to help you take back control of your health, naturally:

Step 1 : Discover

Step 2 : Design

Step 3 : Direct

How it works

Schedule a free 1:1

Let’s talk! Please call or email to schedule an initial 20 minute consultation about how Life + Lemons Acupuncture + Integrative Health Clinic may be able to help you.

Are you ready to go right ahead and book your initial treatment and consultation? No problem! Take a little look at our practitioners’ schedule to find a time and date that works for you. Book that appointment and we will send you further details about where to come/what to expect via email.

Discover + Design

Whether you’re preparing your body for natural conception, seeking answers to pain and other cyclical symptoms or simply wish to establish hormonal balance after many years on the contraceptive pill, these 3 key steps are designed to help you take back control of your health.

1. DISCOVER THE PROBLEM | Knowing the root cause of your hormonal imbalance is the fundamental part of your journey to optimal health.

2. DESIGN THE SOLUTION | Together, we design a clear and simple plan considering every aspect of your emotional and physical health.

Direct

 After discovering your underlying health imbalances and DESIGNING a tailored made, integrated treatment plan offering you a solution for success. Our practitioners then work with you to help you achieve hormonal balance and create an optimal, fertile environment or hormonal balance.

We review your progress and treatment plan regularly to ensure it is the most efficient and effective strategy to help you achieve greatest quality of life.

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Got a question or unsure where to start? Use the form below to send us a message today and start the conversation.

Life + Lemons have the utmost respect for your privacy and you can rest assured that your information will never be passed on to any 3rd party. We endeavour only to contact you intermittently with relevant information. For more information, please see our privacy policy.

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We are now taking new patients and offering a free 20 minute discovery consultation giving you an opportunity to speak to a practitioner and better understand how acupuncture may be able to help you.

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