A new Herbal Addition

On Thursday, December 14, I began week 25 of acupuncture treatments and herbs. My inital visit was on June 22, 2006. I talked to LAc today at treatment and she confirmed, due to my BBT chart (1st phase temperatures so erratic) that I have a Liver Qi Stagnation which basically means that it all has to do with the heart: emotional, angry, frustrated, nervous, ect. I told her that yes, I was all of that. She said she would give me some pills to take which would help me with these emotions. She said she had a patient that had no luck getting pregnant and FSH was at 17 so no IVF Specialist wanted to help her. After being on these for about 2 month then she became pregnant on her own. I will begin taking this on CD5 (Monday):

• GAN MAI DA ZAO PIAN (Guang Ci Tang Herbal Dietary Supplement)
• No sugar, No Artifical Colors
• Product is made from selected chinese herbs in accordance to the traditional Chinese herbal formula. It contains 100% all natural Chinese herbs
• Ingredients:
• glycyrrhiza uralensis (gan cao)
• ziziphus jujuba mill (da zao)
• curcuma aromatica (yu jin)
• polygala tenuifolia (yuan zhi)
• ziziphus jujuba (suan zao ren)
• triticum aestivum (xiao mai)
• Sig: 4 tabs w/warm/juice H2O BID

She said we will now be working with follicular part of my cycle. These are the herbs for CD 5 - CD11 (beginning on Monday):

1. Chinese Angelica (Radix Angelicae Sinensis--Danggui)
2. Chinese # 0509011-20050901-2-10
3. Chinese # 0510081-20051008-1-10
4. Chinese # 0510081-20051008-1.5-10
5. Common Yam Rhizome (Rhizoma Dioscoreae--Shanyao)
6. Glossy Privet Fruit (Fructus Ligustri Lucidi--Nuzhenzi)
7. Indian Bread (Poria--Fuling)
8. Red Peony Root (Radix Paeoniae Rubra--Chishao)
9. Twotoothed Achyranthes Root (Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae--Niuxi)
10. White Peony Root (Radix Paeoniae Alba--Baishao)

Then from CD 12-CD20 I should begin taking these herbs and continue with pills:

1. Chinese # 0509011-20050901-2-10
2. Common Yam Rhizome (Rhizoma Dioscoreae--Shanyao)
3. Dodder Seed (Semen Cuscutae--Tusizi)
4. Fleeceflower Root (Radix Polygoni Multiflori--Heshouwu)
5. Indian Bread (Poria--Fuling)
6. Plantain Seed (Semen Plantaginis--Cheqianzi)
7. Red Peony Root (Radix Paeoniae Rubra--Chishao)
8. Twotoothed Achyranthes Root (Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae--Niuxi)
9. White Peony Root (Radix Paeoniae Alba--Baishao)
10. Zi Shi Ying (Fluoritum--ore)

She also said not to worry about charting while on vacation, but to begin about 3 days after so body can adjust back to normal time.

I asked her about the differences in the bags and she said they are just from different manufacturers/companies.

Today's experience at acupuncturist was really strange. I usually fall into a deep state of relaxation, but not actually asleep. Well this time I actually fell so asleep that when she came back to remove the needles I got scared when I heard the door open! I was in an even deeper state of relaxation than ever before. I couldn't even get up as quick as I usually do after she removes the needles.