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This is the time of year when our Yinova Center patients ask us about jet lag. Some people travel more in the summer and as a result, our patients are looking for safe, natural ways of limiting jet lag or desynchronosis to give it it’s proper medical name. A long flight on a stuffy plane […]

Chinese medicine has a long tradition, going back to the Han Dynasty (206 BC – 220AD), of seeing sex as a spiritual practice and encouraging functional sexuality as a form of healing. This was known as HeQi which literally means “joining energy” and refers to the way, in a good sexual relationship, both partners contribute […]

I have learned not to underestimate the healing power of visualization. I remember once treating a patient who was trying to have a baby but was suffering from amenorrhea. All the usual herbs and acupuncture were not working so I referred this patient to a GYN who tried a number of pharmaceutical interventions to no avail. […]

Below are the footnotes from Dr. Jill Blakeway’s book, Making Babies: A Proven 3-Month Program for Maximum Fertility. With so much information out there about infertility, we’ve found that it has been helpful for our patients to have access to the references from the book conveniently listed here. Chapter 1 – Modern fertility medicine: The risks […]

Our experience at the Yinova center was amazing from the first moment we walked into the center. As Jill Blakeway’s patient I have never felt more cared for in any other professional establishment. Jill was present and listened to my concerns from the first minute and was always there for us in any stage of […]

Called a “fertility goddess” by the New York Times, Blakeway spoke to us about her approach to alternative medicine, her patients and how men play into the equation…

Women’s Fertility In her book Making Babies, Jill identified five fertility types. These work for both men and women and were based on the Yinova Method developed here in our center. Below is some advice for each type (there’s a lot more detail in the book). You can take a quiz to find out your […]

Both acupuncture and Chinese medicine have been used for centuries to to improve fertility for both men and women. In fact, more and more scientific studies are being conducted, proving its effectiveness both on it’s own and in conjunction with Western medicine. Practitioners at The Yinova Center are skilled at determining each individual patient’s needs and challenges […]

Several recent studies have explored the use of acupuncture to treat polycystic ovary syndrome in women * with encouraging results. We see quite a number of patients who are suffering from PCOS at the Yinova Center and have found that a combination of acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine can be really helpful for managing a […]