Blog

Filter by Topic

Search Blogs

How to Improve Egg Quality: A Science-Backed Integrative Guide
Written by Dr. Merritt Jones, LAc, DAIM, FABORM What Actually Affects Egg Quality — And What You Can Do About It If you have spent any time down the egg quality rabbit hole, you have probably come across the same short list: CoQ10, an anti-inflammatory diet, reduce stress. That information is not wrong. But it […]
PCOS Has a New Name: What PMOS Means for Your Care
Written by Dr. Brigitte Sacco, LAc, DACM If you have been living with polycystic ovary syndrome, there is a good chance you have felt, at some point, that the name never really fit. The irregular cycles, sure. But also the exhaustion, the random hair growth or loss, the weight changes that make no sense, the […]
Histamine and Your Hormones: A Complete Guide
Written by Dr. Merritt Jones, LAc, DAIM, FABORM Histamine and Your Hormones: A Complete Guide to Histamine Intolerance and Your Cycle Have you ever noticed that some weeks you can eat anything and feel fine, and other weeks a glass of wine or a plate of leftovers sends you into a spiral of headaches, bloating, […]
Life After Endometriosis Surgery: How to Build Your Post-Op Care Team
Written by Dr. Merritt Jones, LAc, DAIM, FABORM Life After Endometriosis Surgery: Building Your Care Team If you’ve just had excision surgery for endometriosis, you’re probably feeling a lot of things. Relief, exhaustion, hope for the first time in a while, uncertainty about what comes next. Getting to this point likely took years of symptoms, […]
The Hidden Link Between Silent Endometriosis and Unexplained Infertility
Written by: Dr. Merritt Jones, LAc, DAIM, FABORM With National Infertility Awareness Week around the corner (April 19-25, 2026), this year’s theme, “MoreThan”, reminds us that infertility doesn’t look one way, and neither does the disease that may be driving it. There’s a version of endometriosis that doesn’t announce itself. No debilitating cramps. No obvious […]
NIAW 2026: Does Fertility Acupuncture Actually Work?
By Dr. Erin Sandoval-Lowe, LAc, DACM, FABORM Acupuncture and Fertility: What I Actually Tell My Patients National Infertility Awareness Week is fast approaching. This feels like the right time to answer the question I hear more than almost any other in my practice: “Does acupuncture actually work for fertility?”. Here’s the honest answer. What’s actually […]
Endometriosis Awareness Month: From A Provider Who's Also Been a Patient
By Merritt Jones, DAIM, LAc, FABORM, MS March is Endometriosis Awareness Month. Every year it brings into focus something I witness in my clinic week after week: people who have been living with significant, life-altering pain for years, sometimes decades, without ever receiving a clear explanation for it. People who have been told they are […]
"Can You Conceive with Endometriosis? An Integrative Guide"
Written by Dr. Merritt Jones, DAIM, LAc, FABORM, MS, CNC | Founder & Clinic Director | Natural Harmony Reproductive Health, March 1st, 2026 March is Endometriosis Awareness Month — a time to amplify the voices of the millions of people living with this condition, and to talk openly about something that is still too often dismissed […]
Demystifying Chinese Medicine: What Your Acupuncturist Is Really Talking About
By Dr. Merritt Jones, LAc, DAIM, FABORM If you’ve ever sat across from an acupuncturist and nodded politely while thinking “I have no idea what she just said,” you’re not alone. Terms like Kidney essence, Liver Qi stagnation, and Blood stasis can sound abstract, even mystical, especially if you’re coming from a world of FSH […]
How Many Acupuncture Sessions Do You Need for Fertility? A Realistic Guide
Written by Dr. Merritt Jones, LAc, DAIM, FABORM | Clinic Director & Founder | Natural Harmony Reproductive Health This is one of the questions I hear most often from new patients, and I appreciate it because it is a practical, honest question that deserves a practical, honest answer. The truth is that there is no […]