PMS & Hormonal Health
Acupuncture helps regulate the menstrual cycle and ease the physical and emotional symptoms that come with it — naturally, and at the root. Whether you're managing monthly cramping, mood swings, fatigue, irregular periods, or the shifting terrain of perimenopause, acupuncture works with your body to bring hormones back into balance and reduce the symptoms that disrupt daily life.
How Acupuncture Supports Hormonal Balance
Chinese medicine has treated menstrual and hormonal conditions for thousands of years, and its framework maps well onto what modern medicine understands about endocrine health. Acupuncture works on the body's systems as a whole: regulating the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis, improving circulation to the pelvis, calming the nervous system, and addressing patterns of imbalance — stagnation, deficiency, internal heat or cold — that may be driving cycle-related symptoms.
Patients often notice shifts within a cycle or two: less cramping, more stable moods, steadier energy, more predictable timing. Over a longer course of treatment, cycles tend to regulate and the symptoms that used to dominate the pre-menstrual week become quieter and more manageable.
Jeanne supports patients across the full range of menstrual and hormonal presentations, including:
PMS and PMDD
Painful periods and cramping
Irregular or absent cycles
Heavy or prolonged bleeding
Mood swings, irritability, and anxiety tied to the cycle
Fatigue and low energy around menstruation
PCOS and hormonal irregularity
Endometriosis-related symptoms
Perimenopause — hot flashes, night sweats, mood shifts, cycle changes
Menopause and post-menopausal symptoms
Supporting your concerns
Bodies are wise — they want to be efficient. We can identify exactly where the imbalances lie and systematically work to address them. Painful cramping every month? Acupuncture can improve circulation in the pelvis and ease the patterns that drive the pain. Mood crashing a week before your period? We work on the liver and nervous system patterns that underlie premenstrual irritability and low mood. Perimenopausal night sweats and sleep disruption? Acupuncture can help regulate the body's temperature and calm the systems that are running hot.
What distinguishes this practice from most is the degree to which treatment is individualized. There is no standard hormonal protocol here. Jeanne draws on her extensive training in different acupuncture styles and bodywork techniques, and selects her approach based on what each person's body presents. She will also look beyond the reproductive system. Digestion, sleep, stress levels, and overall vitality all factor into hormonal health. We'll work on healing your body at the deepest levels, to show it the way back into balance. Your body wants to be healthy, balanced, and thriving. We remind it how to get there, and give you simple steps to keep it there.
An Integrated Approach
1. Reach out
Share your general availability and, if you'd like, a brief note about what you're experiencing. You'll hear back to schedule your first session.
2. First session
The intake appointment is longer than a regular visit. It begins with a conversation about your cycle history, current symptoms, any medical treatment, and how your body is feeling more broadly — digestion, sleep, stress, energy. Pulse diagnosis and palpation help shape an initial treatment plan, followed by your first acupuncture treatment. You'll leave with a clear sense of the approach and what to expect going forward.
3. Course of treatment
Most patients come weekly to start. Because menstrual and hormonal patterns unfold over the course of a cycle, the first month or two of treatment is often about gathering information and making initial shifts. Over a series of sessions, the focus is on regulating the cycle, reducing symptoms, and restoring a steadier hormonal rhythm.
4. Transition to maintenance
As your body establishes a new pattern — less pain, more stable moods, more regular cycles — visits can gradually space out, from weekly to every other week, then monthly or as needed. Many patients continue to come around their cycle or through seasonal transitions in perimenopause.
The Process Is Simple
Getting Started
Location
NoMad/Flatiron, Manhattan — 1123 Broadway at the corner of West 25th Street, Suite 714. More than 15 years at this location. Convenient to multiple subway lines.
Get in Touch
If you're ready to stop bracing for each cycle, or looking for support through perimenopause or menopause, please reach out — questions are welcome. Supporting women to be their brightest selves through every season is an honor.
