Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine in Pregnancy and Postpartum with Lena Fong
In this episode, Suzanne speaks with Lena Fong, a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) practitioner who uses acupuncture, herbs, moxibustion and cupping to heal to maintain vitality and wellbeing. Lena is a highly learned and experienced practitioner and explains the TCM approach to health.
Lena is also a yoga teacher and a doula, and is passionate about working with pregnant and postpartum women to maintain health and wellbeing.
Listen to this episode to find out:
- the TCM approach to fertility
- the TCM approach to reproductive health
- how TCM approaches health in an individualised way
- how TCM uses holistic means in convalescing from an illness or surgery
- what cupping is and how it works
- the intricacy of TCM - pulse taking as a diagnostic skill so different than the Western approach
- different pregnancy conditions that TCM is useful for, including hyperemesis and SPD (symphysis pubis dysfunction)
- how moxibustion works for breech presentation - or any fetal positioning you'd like to encourage to move
- acupuncture for a postdates pregnancy to help stimulate spontaneous labour
- acupuncture with mastitis
- the TCM approach to postpartum care - the mother's 40 days and how to care for her
- the difference between acupuncture delivered from a TCM approach and acupuncture from a Western approach
Further Reading
The Spark in the Machine by Dr Daniel Keown
Lena can be found at www.lenafong.com
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music by Shooglenifty with Dhun Dhora
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The Mother Podcast is produced by Garry Finlayson and Suzanne Maier
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