Much has been written and discussed about egg quality, HPO axis, maternal age and the role of acupuncture at implantation. However endometrial receptivity is a topic less discussed and very relevant in fertility treatments. What is this endometrium in Chinese thought? How do we think about and treat a thin endometrial lining? An uneven lining? Ashermans syndrome? What is the effect of certain fertility drugs on the endometrium? How do we understand the actions of blood thinners?
We will answer these questions with our Chinese diagnostic tools and learn relevant herbal and acupuncture protocols.
Keren Sela L.Ac, MSc is a graduate of the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in San Francisco and has been in practice since 1999. Keren is a licensed acupuncturist and herbalist in the state of California and a registered NCCAOM practitioner. She specialized in woman's disorders in the Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Keren manages and practices in the Unit of Complementary Medicine in the Fertility Research Center of the Tel Aviv Sourasky Hospital, teaches a yearly post graduate gynecology course, and has a private practice specializing in gynecology and infertility.
She is a co – author of the "Clinical Handbook of TCM Gynecology and Obstetrics" (in Hebrew) ,“ Li Shi Zhen’s Pulse Book” (in Hebrew) and has co-written the chapter
“Slippery Fetus”: Recurrent Pregnancy Loss in Traditional Chinese Medicine published in the second edition of the book “Recurrent Pregnancy Loss - Causes, Controversies, and Treatment Edited by Howard J. A. Carp, MB BS, FRCOG Clinical Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sheba Medical
Keren has lectured in many symposiums both in Israel and abroad. Her retrospective study on Chinese Medicine and medicated IUI has been published in "European Journal of Integrative Medicine".