A Traditional Chinese Medicine Perspective on the Transition through Menopause In many traditional cultures, a woman’s life was not divided by age, but by essence. There are three stages of a woman’s life: The Maiden (the child/young girl), the mother…
Perimenopause and a woman’s “Second Spring” In Chinese medicine we see perimenopause as being a huge energetic shift from the fertile years to the non-reproductive years, often referred to as women’s “Second Spring”. This transition out of the procreative years…
A woman’s life is said to be marked by four key phases and transitions: the maiden, the mother (whether or not she becomes a mother in the traditional sense), the maga and the crone. Each of these phases holds power,…
