Problems during menstruation are so common that women accept them as a normal part of being a woman. But are they really? Traditional Chinese Medicine teaches: »Blood is the root of a woman.« It also teaches that menstruation or Heavenly Water is a reflection of women's overall health. If a woman's health is strong and in balance, there should be no disturbances related to menstruation nor its cycle. On the spiritual level, disrupted menstruation is the clearest indicator tha

»Menstrual blood is not Blood but Heavenly Water, originating within the Kidneys … It is red like blood, but it is not blood. That is why is called Heavenly Water.« - Fu Qing Zhu, the 17th century Chinese gynecologist. In Chinese the most common word for menstruation is yue jing, meaning »moon flow«, which occurs monthly, regularly without change. Since it comes regularly like the moon's waxing and waning, it is also called monthly sign, monthly thing, monthly water, and mont