TCM's mutli-faceted approach helps couples achieve their
highest level of health and well-being. This results in increased
chances of becoming pregnant, whether couples choose a completely
natural approach or use TCM as an adjunctive therapy to applied
reproductive technology.
Radio interview with Acupuncturist, Lorraine Harris, on fertility and Chinese Medicine.
A specialty in fertility requires a high level of training.
A highly trained Fertility Specialist provides programs that promote health of body, mind, and spirit using
Taoist, traditional Chinese, and modern therapies. These practices reconnect
us with our natural roots, identify and gently correct physical imbalances,
limiting beliefs and habits, and encourage the unobstructed flow of the life
force through us. Specialized training in fertility
makes this Asheville clinic particularly effective in achieving successful outcomes.
As a charter member of the Clinical Excellence in Fertility Program™ (CEFP), Lorraine has been part of a community of highly-skilled traditional Chinese medicine practitioners. This group of professionals excel in Chinese medical diagnosis and prescription of dietary and nutritional therapy, qi gong, meditation, reproductive massage, acupuncture, and herbal medicine to support deep inner healing, enhance fertility and overcome reproductive and related dysfunction.
Treating infertility problems is complex and challenging
and requires extensive training.
What
this means for you.
Through continuing education, ongoing support from skilled practitioners throughout the world,
retreat processes, and shared information, Lorraine has been able to keep abreast of the latest research and fertility-enhancing
treatments incorporating acupuncture and Chinese medicine, Western
reproductive medicine, and complementary body-mind-spirit therapies,
and collaborate to resolve complex patient cases. Lorraine is
commited to healing methods which make her particularly accomplished
at assisting patients with the complex physical, mental, and emotional
issues surrounding their reproductive health.
After years of unsuccessfully trying to conceive, Lorraine gave me renewed hope of a baby when I had run out of other options with traditional medicine. It was wonderful to receive caring and personalized attention in a compassionate and positive atmosphere. My beautiful baby girl just turned a month old and I will be forever thankful for the benefits I received from acupuncture with Lorraine.
Betty D.
Lorraine, I cannot tell you how happy I am that my ankle is great! It is amazing! You should be SO proud of yourself!
YOU are amazing! I am so grateful to YOU and thank God that I found YOU! On a scale of 1-10, my pain had been between
9 and 10 and a half for a month. It is a 1 or 2 today! Sometimes less than that! I am just thrilled that it is better and I am not
in pain like I was! I have prayed every day that God will lead me to someone that could really help me! Thank YOU!
Lillian P.
Just wanted to update you! I am pregnant and will be 24 weeks tomorrow!! This last IVF cycle was obviously successful and we had 3 embryo's to freeze- my best cycle ever! I am thinking they were my 90 day eggs- after I finished treatment with you! LOL!
So far I have had a great pregnancy- no sickness- just growing! It has been great!
Thank you so much!
Joan P.
I know it has been awhile since you heard from me. I want to thank you and share some good news. On 11/18/10 found out that I’m pregnant and it was done all natural on tcm. It would not have happened without you. Thank you,
Rita C.
Hi Lorraine, We are doing great. Getting a bit more sleep these
days and settling a bit more into our roles as parents. Luke
will be one in about 2 weeks. I can't believe it. He is
an absolute joy and we are amazed daily with just about everything
he does. He is the love of our life thanks in part to all that you did to heal my body and make it acceptable for life.
Carol M.
Hi Lorraine. Just wanted to let you know that my MD appt went
well. The baby appears well and moving a lot on ultrasound. It
was amazing! The beautiful baby point you've been using must
be working because it (the baby) is measuring 2 weeks larger than it
really is. My husband is hoping for an NBA player ha ha.
Joyce L.
I was told I had PCOS (polycystic ovarian
syndrome). I had been on all the fertility drugs (like clomid)
to treat this and still felt totally out of wack and I couldn’t
get pregnant. The first time, after many years, I began to
actually feel healthy again was when I was seeing Lorraine for a
special type of acupuncture treatment and Chinese fertility
herbs. I’m now the proud mom of two healthy
boys!
Sally M.
You were the first person I told that I was pregnant because I couldn’t
believe it. We had been through so many failed tries with western
medicine (invitro fertilization), I wanted to be sure before telling
anyone. I’m almost 40 and I thought I had run out of time. I
needed to find a way to increase my fertility. I can’t
believe it took only a few weeks of treatment.
Lily T.
It’s only been a few weeks and amazingly I’ve returned
to my normal energized self and all the discomforts of my period have
disappeared. I don’t know if it was your acupuncture or
the Chinese herbs, but something did it.
Donna P.
I had all the routine tests come back negative but I was still feeling
lousy. I was depressed, overweight, my periods were irregular
and painful, I had bloating and a host of odd symptoms. All that
was being offered to me were drugs and/or surgery. I didn’t
want to go either route so I thought I’d try acupuncture. I
now feel so much more balanced. I’m almost scared to ever
stop treatments because I don’t want to go back to the way I
felt before.
Your path to radiant health... from motherhood to menopause.
Lorraine H. Harris, Licensed Acupuncturist & Chinese Herbalist Specialist in fertility, women's health and rejuvenation located in the Western North Carolina (WNC) and Asheville area.
Results from the Nurses' Health Study on Fertility:
The amount of carbohydrates in the diet doesn't affect fertility,
but the quality of those carbohydrates does.
Trans fats are a powerful deterrent to ovulation and conception.
Getting more protein from plants and less from animals is another big step toward
walking away from ovulatory infertility.
A daily serving or two of whole milk and foods made from whole milk seem to offer
some protection against ovulatory infertility, while skim and low-fat milk do
the opposite.
Women with the lowest and highest Body Mass Indexes (BMI) were more likely to
have had trouble with ovulatory infertility than women in the middle.
