Her doctor suggested birth control pills, but the cysts did not respond to this standard therapy. Her next option was surgical removal of the cysts. It was at this point that she looked into alternative medicine and came to my clinic. After three months of acupuncture treatments, Chinese herbal medicine, and dietary changes, all the cysts were gone and her symptoms were under control. She now has follow-up treatments once a month.
Ovarian cysts are an extremely common gynecological problem.
Women who do experience symptoms complain of a dull ache in the abdomen, a sense of abdominal pressure or fullness, pain during intercourse, delayed, irregular, or painful menstrual periods, painless swelling of the lower abdomen, or abrupt onset of sharp pain in the lower abdomen. From a Western point of view, ovarian cysts fall into three categories. Follicular cysts occur when the follicle that releases an egg during ovulation does not rupture properly to release the egg. The corpus luteum develops along with the egg, releasing pregnancy hormones if the egg is fertilized, and disappearing if the egg is not fertilized. Corpus luteum cysts occur when the corpus luteum persists abnormally after ovulation.