Connect with Carina: Chinese Medicine

Carina found her love for Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) before Ayurveda. Continuously suffering from chronic bladder infections led her to a TCM practitioner who told Carina to focus on her emotions and her minded. It is then when she learned that what you eat and how you think is influencing your health.

In this episode, we dive deeply into connecting to our womb from a TCM perspective, which includes some of the most common imbalances Carina sees with clients as well as a plethora of ways we can correct imbalances in our body.

Heres a timeline of the topics we discuss in this episode, along with some links you will enjoy.

(2:40) Phases of cycle in Chinese medicine; ebb and flow of Yin and Yang

yin - negative dark feminine (moon)
yang - positive bright and masculine (sun)
yin and yang are always present but its about which one is dominating at what time

(6:28) What does a healthy cycle look like

Interesting takeaway from this section: Some women get concerned with 21 or 35 day cycle, but what Chinese medicine says, through Carina, is that a fixed cycle length is more important than a short or long cycle. f your cycle changes from month to month, then you need to look at what is out of balance. If you hav always consistently had 21 day cycle, this may be normal for you

(10:04) spleen Qi and signs of Spleen Qi deficiency and how to support the spleen

(12:20) Liver Qi and signs of stagnation/imbalance and what to avoid to support the liver

(14:13) How are the uterus and heart connected in TCM

Why we work on emotional balance when we treat women with fertility issues

Interesting takeaway from this section: Emotions have such a big influence on the uterus- think about it! Your heart pumps blood to the uterus

(17:50) Kidneys - the foundation of body’s yin and yang energies

kidney deficiency is most commonly at the root of fertility issues

(21:25) Most common factor for kidney deficiency

(22:48) Signs in face that indicate kidney deficiency

Links from Kidney Section:

How the kidneys influence your fertility:

https://carinagreweling.com/chinese-medicine-kidneys-influence-your-fertility/

Food recommendations for kidney-yin and kidney-yang deficiency:

https://carinagreweling.com/healthy-sex-life-chinese-medicine/

(24:20) The four steps Carina uses in practice to help rebalance/support fertility

(29:36) Embody to thrive program - upgrading your health to the next level

https://carinagreweling.com/embody-to-thrive/

Links from previous episode:
Hormone Yoga Therapy (HYT): https://carinagreweling.com/hormone-yoga-therapy/

Sleep
https://carinagreweling.com/improve-your-sleep-with-ayurveda/

Free Dosha quiz: https://carinagreweling.com/dosha-quiz/