Women's Health

From PMS to fertility to menopause, female hormones can greatly affect a woman’s wellbeing at different life stages. Stress, anxiety, poor dietary and lifestyle habits can result in hormonal imbalances and affect your mood and energy levels.

Thomson Chinese Medicine has a host of health plans to address these issues and help you handle the challenges of life with vitality, grace and confidence. The following conditions can be effectively resolved through TCM treatments:

Gynaecology

• Menstrual Issues
  Heavy or scanty menses, painful menses, irregular cycle, abnormal bleeding, premenstrual syndrome (PMS).
  Treatment aims to regulate the menstrual cycle through enhancing the Kidney, Spleen and Liver.
  
• Abnormal Growths
  Ovarian cysts, fibroids, polyps, endometriosis, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS).
  Treatment aims to reduce blood stagnation and phlegm-dampness for healthy circulation.
• Menopausal Symptoms
  Hot flush, night sweating, mood swings, vaginal dryness.
  Treatment aims to nourish and supplement vital essence for a smooth transition into menopause.
• Pregnancy Care
  Morning sickness, pregnancy related pain management, water retention and breeched baby.
• Postpartum Care (after confinement period)
  Mood swings, excessive or low milk supply and primary stage of mastitis.
• Feminine Care
  Urinary Tract Infections and thrush.

Skin

Skin-related issues can be a real nuisance and may affect your confidence in social settings. Skin being the body’s largest and most visible organ, is closely related to the Lung and problems usually arise from various internal imbalances. These imbalances are often due to toxin build up, Lung heat, Stomach heat, heat in the Blood, Blood or Yin deficiency.

TCM treatments target the underlying issues to clear up the surface manifestations and aim to balance any disharmony in the body. Some skin conditions that can be improved with TCM treatments include:

• Acne
• Eczema
• Psoriasis
• Hives
• Sores

TCM Aesthetics

Skin health is dependent on the overall health of the body. TCM aesthetics not only target the local points on the skin, it also aims to nourish the body to ensure that adequate nutrients, blood flow and lymphatic drainage nourish your skin from the inside out.

TCM Aesthetics Benefits

• Reduces the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles
• Gives complexion a fresher glow
• Gives a more harmonious and balanced look
• Reduces puffy eyes, face and body
• Lifts and tones sagging muscles and skin

At Thomson Chinese Medicine, we currently offer 2 types of TCM Aesthetics services:

• Luxe Facial Acupuncture
• Constitutional Facial Acupuncture

Not suitable if you:

• Have a cold or flu
• Have history of fainting after acupuncture or have needle phobia
• Have very sensitive skin or prone to keloid
• Have ulcerated, irritated, bruised skin, severe active acne, severe sunburn
• Did Botox, fillers, micro-dermabrasion, chemical peel or laser resurfacing in the last month
• In the 1^st trimester pregnancy
• During very heavy menses
• Have serious migraines or high blood pressure
• On blood thinners or have blood coagulation disorders

Sleep

Recharge your Yin and Yang by getting a good night’s sleep. During the day, Yang governs and as the day passes, Yin takes over. When you have sleeping issues, that is usually because the Yang is not interacting with Yin, leaving the mind to be overactive and restless.

Poor sleeping patterns can happen to people of all age groups, and it often comes with other health problems. With a thorough examination, your physician can determine the root cause of your sleep-related issues and treat it accordingly with acupuncture and/or Chinese medicine.

Signs that you are lack of sleep:

• Irritability
• Fatigue
• Brain fog
• Dream disturbed sleep
• Waking up frequently at night
• Overactive mind
• Muscles stiffness and aches

Digestion

Digestive ailments are increasingly prevalent due to stress, sedentary lifestyle and poor diet choices. These ailments are often chronic and recurring. In TCM, Spleen and Stomach are the key organs responsible for transforming food into Qi and Blood. Maintaining a good digestion is important so that we can absorb vital nutrients for optimal health.

Your physician will do a consultation and examination to identify patterns and syndromes of your digestive issues. These will then be treated with the use of prescribed Chinese herbal medicine and/or acupuncture. Patients can often see remarkable results within a short time by following the treatment and abiding by the physician’s advice on making lifestyle adjustments.

Common digestive issues:

• Abdominal pain
• Bloating
• Diarrhea
• Constipation
• Peptic ulcer
• Acid reflux
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
• Poor appetite
• Nausea
• Excessive burping

Weight Management

Struggling to keep to a healthy weight? Perhaps there is a more fundamental issue that needs to be addressed. During this weight management treatments, your physician will assess your diet and lifestyle habits as well as emotional health to determine your underlying body condition that may have led to weight gain.

In TCM, fat tissues are considered as excess phlegm or dampness in the body. By selecting acupuncture points on the stomach area, arms and legs, the treatments aim to get rid of the phlegm and balancing the body’s functions can help to improve metabolism.

Not only does TCM weight management help to get rid of excess weight, it can also improve other conditions such as bone and joint pain, balance blood sugars and lipids, sleep apnoea and fatigue.

Benefits

• Boosts metabolism
• Gets rid of fluid retention
• Improves digestive functions
• Improves other health conditions

Massage Therapy

Available only at Waterway Point, enjoy a therapeutic session of different types of massage where our massage therapist uses calming aromatherapy essential oils and various healing techniques to focus on different parts of the body.

• Lymphatic Drainage Therapy (LDT)
• Sports Massage
• Cellulite Massage for Ladies
• Abdomen Massage for Healthy Digestion

To book an appointment for Massage Therapy, please call 6386 5575 or use the online appointment request form and indicate “Waterway Point” as your preferred clinic.

Leona Chia is a Certified Sports Massage Therapist and has been practising body therapy for more than 19 years. As a practitioner, she has found great joy and passion in helping clients deal with somatic symptom disorder.

The therapies she practises include, but are not limited to, myofascial sports massage, trigger point release, manual lymphatic drainage, abdomen massage for slimming and meridian massage, with a special interest in deep tissue myofascial bodywork.

She has obtained teaching qualification and has conducted massage courses at several institutes including Bodywork Training Institute (2002-2004), SPAcademy, 2003-2004 (Raffles Knowledge P.L.) and TCM & Healthcare College (2013-2018).