Q Whenever I stop the birth control pill, my period stops again. I've relied on the pill for 7 years. Can Korean medicine help me ovulate on my own?
A The birth control pill only supplies hormones externally to create an artificial cycle; it does not build up the ovaries' own ability to ovulate. By changing the underlying environment of kidney deficiency and phlegm-dampness, the goal can be a state of ovulating on your own without medication.
Detailed Answer
If the birth control pill is like training wheels, falling over when you stop it is because the bicycle (your body) itself has not developed the strength to balance. The longer the reliance, the weaker the ovaries' own responsiveness may become. In fact, there has been a case of a 29-year-old marketing professional who had used the pill for 7 years and had her first spontaneous period within three months of Korean medicine treatment.
Korean Medicine Clinic Perspective
Korean medicine treatment is a process of strengthening the energy of the kidney (sin), restoring spleen-stomach metabolism, and clearing dampness-phlegm from the body to create an environment in which the ovaries can ovulate on their own. Because prescriptions differ according to each person's constitutional type and condition, a thorough examination comes first.
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