Where Western medicine meets the art of East Asian healing

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I recognised early on that many of the complaints that brought women to my practice followed a hidden pattern: cyclical, hormonal, or clustered around perimenopause and menopause. Often these complaints seemed to have nothing to do with the cycle – and yet it was the key.

Integrative Chinese Medicine thinks in patterns and connections, not in isolated findings. That is exactly what it takes to truly understand women.

Precise therapy and sound diagnostics belong together. With the methods of Integrative Chinese Medicine I treat individually and purposefully.

I follow current medical guidelines and include them in my treatment decisions. Integrative Chinese Medicine and conventional medicine do not speak different languages here – they complement each other.

Whether cycle health, fertility, pregnancy, endometriosis, PCOS, peri- or postmenopause – every phase of a woman's life is part of my focus. Women's health does not stop at "bikini medicine": hormones influence not only the cycle but also the cardiovascular system, metabolism, brain, nervous system and immune system across the phases of life. This calls for a specifically attuned perspective.

For me, Integrative Chinese Medicine means uniting the best of three worlds. The strength of Chinese medicine lies in its precise diagnostics, differential diagnostics and individual treatment strategy. Conventional medicine contributes guidelines and modern diagnostics. Phytopharmacology connects the two, with individual formulas oriented to cycle and treatment phase, composed according to the criteria of Chinese medicine.

This is exactly where Integrative Chinese Medicine excels: it complements functional and endocrinological approaches – where conventional medicine measures hormone levels, it provides the therapeutic framework for individual regulation processes.

In Chinese medicine, a healthy cycle is regular; the period is painless, lasts five to seven days and passes without complaints before or after. Regularity is the decisive criterion: it is our inner clock and a sign of inner balance.

Colour, quantity, rhythm and pain show what the body currently needs. This is exactly where ICM comes in. Regulating menstruation is a core area of ICM gynaecology: it improves not only cycle disorders but also the starting position for infertility and most gynaecological conditions. The more harmonious the period, the better the remaining cycle phases.

I treat the entire spectrum of cycle disorders, based on careful diagnostics in both conventional and Chinese medicine, with acupuncture and cycle-phase-oriented herbal formulas.

For women who do not conceive spontaneously, who have already been on a longer journey, or who simply want to prepare well for pregnancy, ICM offers an individual, tailored approach.

Cycle and fertility are inseparable. This includes supporting egg quality – even with reduced AMH – and preparing the uterus for implantation.

I support women and couples on the natural path as well as through assisted reproduction (e.g. IVF, ICSI and insemination). I combine both diagnostic systems: the conventional diagnosis – for example PCOS, endometriosis or luteal phase defect – and the Chinese medicine assessment carry equal weight in treatment decisions.

These are chronic, benign conditions in which tissue similar to the uterine lining grows outside the uterus or within its muscular wall. Adenomyosis is now considered a form of endometriosis. The two frequently overlap and are often treated together.

Both are common, still too often trivialised, and take up to ten years on average to be diagnosed. Their impact reaches far beyond the abdomen: pain affects relationships, intimacy, social life and the ability to work. The connection between cycle, pain and emotional experience also deserves more attention than medicine often gives it.

Integrative Chinese Medicine is now recognised in modern gynaecological guidelines as a complementary treatment option. It can relieve pain, regulate inflammatory processes, improve quality of life and, for women trying to conceive, support endometrial receptivity. Treatment always takes place in close coordination with gynaecological care.

Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome is the most common hormonal disorder in women of reproductive age. The new name captures the essence better: it is not primarily about ovarian cysts but about a complex interplay of several hormone axes and the metabolism. Many affected women have no cysts at all.

The clinical picture is varied: irregular or absent periods, infertility, weight gain, acne, hair loss or increased body hair. Cardiometabolic risk and mental health are also affected – aspects that long received too little attention.

Integrative Chinese Medicine is particularly well suited to the long-term treatment of PMOS: it harmonises hormone axes and metabolism with few side effects. Combined with conventional approaches, it improves clinical outcomes and shortens the course of treatment. Nutritional counselling, individually adapted to your constitution, is an important part of the treatment.

Just as a tender seedling needs special care, a pregnant woman needs mindful support – physically and emotionally. Women who have undergone fertility treatment with assisted reproduction often carry a long, draining journey within them. Close support until the end of the first trimester not only helps sustain the pregnancy but also provides safety and reassurance.

I provide support throughout pregnancy: for threatened miscarriage and typical complaints such as nausea, exhaustion, back pain or sleep problems, tailored to each woman and her situation.

Birth preparation begins at a jointly agreed time, depending on your individual situation. Acupuncture supports cervical ripening, can be used for breech presentation and can encourage labour. Sinosomatics helps process fears around birth – including after a previous difficult birth. If needed, I also provide care during the postpartum period and breastfeeding.

Perimenopause often begins up to a decade before menstruation stops – rarely with hot flushes, more often with concentration problems, mood swings, sleep disturbances and cycle changes. Symptoms like these point to hormonal fluctuations and declining ovarian activity. Perimenopause is therefore also an important moment for prevention and a fresh look at your own health.

Menopause is the very last menstruation in a woman's life. It is not a sudden event but the result of a long process. In Chinese medicine, it is the moment when reproductive energy reaches its limits after decades of giving.

Then postmenopause begins. It is about far more than hot flushes and night sweats. The cardiovascular system, bones, brain and metabolism come into focus; the drop in oestrogen affects the whole body. Weight changes in this phase are common and hormonally driven.

I support women through these different phases with herbal therapy, acupuncture or Sinosomatics as well as nutrition and lifestyle guidance – always hand in hand with gynaecology and conventional medicine.

Acupuncture is one of the oldest therapies in Chinese medicine, with over 2,500 years of clinical experience. Targeted needling at defined points stimulates the body's own regulation and healing processes: the nervous, immune and hormonal systems demonstrably respond to these stimuli.

Classical acupuncture can be used as a stand-alone therapy or to specifically complement herbal therapy, depending on findings and treatment phase. The goal is always balance within the body's energetic system.

Sinosomatics combines hypnotherapy, neurosensory techniques and the physical stimulation methods of East Asian healing. Developed by Dr Annemarie Schweizer-Arau, its effectiveness has been scientifically documented – among other things for endometriosis-related pain and difficulty conceiving.

In a session we work with what the body shows: sensations, images, emotions. Acupuncture is an integral part of the method. Sinosomatics is particularly suited to complaints with both physical and emotional components, chronic pain, psychosomatic disorders, or the emotional strain of a long fertility journey.

European medicinal plants used according to the principles of Chinese medicine – the concept of Jeremy Ross, pioneer and internationally recognised expert in Integrative Chinese Medicine. His method combines the diagnostic and formula tradition of Chinese medicine with Western herbal medicine and modern phytopharmacology, whose knowledge of constituents and pharmacological effects provides particular safety in application.

I tailor each formula individually to the patient and the current treatment phase. They are suitable for a broad spectrum, e.g. gynaecological conditions, hormonal disorders, stress-related illness, exhaustion, and chronic and general medical conditions.

IHHT stands for Interval Hypoxia–Hyperoxia Therapy, a method based on research awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2019. At its centre are the mitochondria. Through ageing, chronic stress and oxidative strain they lose performance; IHHT prompts the body to break down damaged mitochondria and build new ones.

Treatment takes place lying down and relaxed: through a breathing mask you inhale alternating oxygen-reduced and oxygen-rich air – with me, under medical supervision. Particularly suitable for e.g. chronic fatigue, cardiovascular conditions, metabolic syndrome, long COVID and reduced vitality. In women, IHHT strengthens the mitochondria in the ovaries – one of the most mitochondria-rich tissues of the female body – and can thus support egg quality and fertility, and make the transition into menopause gentler and more balanced.

Every woman, every fertility journey is different. That is why I combine the methods individually and in coordination – according to cycle, constitution, diagnosis and treatment phase.

Acupuncture, Western herbs and Sinosomatics complement each other naturally: they regulate the cycle, support hormonal balance, and improve egg quality and endometrial receptivity. A central element of my treatment is regulating the nervous system, because calm and safety in the body create conditions that can be decisive for pregnancy.

IHHT adds support at the cellular level: the therapy improves mitochondrial function, blood flow to the uterine lining, and the energy supply of eggs and embryo.

Perimenopause often begins years before the last menstruation: cycle changes, sleep disturbances, mood swings, concentration problems. Postmenopause brings long-term changes to the cardiovascular system, bones, brain and metabolism. Both phases are part of the same process and both deserve medical attention. Every woman experiences this transition differently.

Acupuncture and Western herbs regulate the hormonal transition, relieve hot flushes, sleep disturbances, mood swings and weight changes, and strengthen the cardiovascular system, bones and metabolism in the long term.

Sinosomatics supports the psychological and emotional side of this phase. IHHT improves cellular energy production and increases vitality. Individual nutrition and lifestyle guidance are an integral part of every treatment.

I studied medicine at Witten/Herdecke University and Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. After clinical years in internal medicine in Bonn and surgery at the University Hospital Brussels, I passed the specialist examination in general medicine at the Berlin Medical Chamber in 2005.

I deepened my training in Chinese medicine over decades: with Jeremy Ross in Western herbs according to TCM, with Prof. Wu Yu-Ning in gynaecology and TCM in Beijing, and with Dr Wang Ju-Yi in Applied Channel Palpation. Most recently I completed training in Sinosomatics with Dr Annemarie Schweizer-Arau.

As a lecturer I teach Western herbs in ICM at institutions in Austria, Germany, Switzerland and other European countries. As a congress speaker I have appeared at the TAO Congress Graz, among others.

Ching-Ling Lingky Tan-Bleinroth
Specialist in General Medicine
Garnisongasse 3/21, 1090 Vienna, Austria

Phone: +43 1 997 17 32
Email: ordination@tanbleinroth.com

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