She watched and listened while I examined and spoke with my patients. One of my patients that day had abnormal uterine bleeding. After performing a uterine biopsy, I placed my hands over her lower abdomen and did a technique called therapeutic touch. This helps restore the patient's energy field after an invasive procedure and also helps decrease the discomfort and fear that are so often a part of medical testing. While the patient was still lying on the exam table, I asked her to breathe regularly and simply pay attention to any thoughts or images that came up.
Women often experience old memories following the placing of an instrument in the uterus.
Unresolved grief about abortion, or even memories of incest can sometimes surface. Telling my patients about this gives them permission to acknowledge how hurts are often stored in the body. Several other patients that morning were given natural options for their gynecologic problems such as dietary change, food supplements, and castor oil packs. Some were treated with standard drugs such as estrogen replacement therapy. In every case I spend some time talking with the patient about what was going on in her life.