In every woman's life there are many transitions: menarche, pregnancy and menopause being the three most important ones from the Chinese Medicine perspective. In these instances we are given tools from the wisdom of our mothers, a set of do’s and don'ts that help us navigate through these transitions. From the Chinese medicine perspective there are three main concepts I want to draw attention to. The first one is the concept of Jing or Essence. The idea is that we come to