Dr Maggie Ju Acupuncture London Chelsea, North Kensington, Notting Hill, and Richmond

Hormones are the body's messengers, regulating various physiological processes and ensuring the body functions efficiently. These chemical messengers play a vital role in maintaining overall health and well-being. When your hormones are balanced, your body operates harmoniously, allowing you to feel and perform your best. However, imbalances in hormones can lead to a range of health issues. In this article, we will explore why it's essential to maintain balanced hormones and how you can achieve this equilibrium for a healthier life. Understanding Hormones Hormones are chemical substances produced by glands in the endocrine system. These glands include the thyroid, adrenal, pituitary, and ovaries/testes, among others. Hormones travel through the bloodstream to target organs and tissues, where they instruct these areas on how to function properly. Key Hormones and Their Functions: Estrogen and Testosterone: These sex hormones play a significant role in reproductive health and hav...

Suffer from insomnia? Acupuncture can help Sleep well seems so natural for people. A sound good night sleep is so important to get us refreshed and get our body’s battery recharged for next day’s activity. Why we need sleep? We need sleep because sleep can rest our body and mind. What happens, if we don’t sleep well? We must all have experienced some sleepless nights for some reasons; and then we feel tired and cannot be concentrating well next day. This temporary issue would be over by following a good sleep. Do you ever imagine that someone has never been sleep well for years; every night is sleepless night? About 1 in 2 adults in the UK suffer from some forms of sleep problems and did not get enough sleep. What is happening to our body, when we are sleeping? Sleep is a natural process of mind and body. It is recurrent. When we sleep, our body is going through cycles. Each cycle lasts about one to two hours and consists of four stages: pre-sleep, light sleep, slow wave sleep and rapi...

Because women are so busy all the time, they may not notice that they are growing older. Wrinkles may be already on our face; skin may become loose. Hormone level in the body has changed. Because of this change, it declared the old age’s coming. Some women may have unpleasant symptoms, such as hot flush, night sweaty; these symptoms may exist a few years before menopause starts and may last a few years afterwards. For them, pleasant summer became unbearable hot; night became sleepless nights. What can you do about it? Hormone replacement therapy may relieve the symptoms, but the risk to take is very big which include having breast cancer, stroke and dementia etc. For this reason, alternative treatment is a good choice. Acupuncture was recognised as an effective way to reduce hot flush. Borud et al performed a randomised controlled trial to study effectiveness of acupuncture for hot flush. 10 sessions of acupuncture were given to acupuncture group and advice on self-care was for control...