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Dr Frances Tobeck | CM

Acupuncture & Integrative Medicine for Women’s Health, Fertility and Skin

Many women come to me after years of piecing together advice, managing symptoms alone, or sensing there is a deeper driver to their symptoms that has not yet been addressed.

My work is designed to offer something different.

I provide evidence informed acupuncture and integrative medicine for women seeking deeper answers to complex hormonal, reproductive, inflammatory and skin concerns. My clinical work combines acupuncture, personalised herbal medicine, functional medicine principles, advanced testing, nutrition and nervous system regulation within a highly individualised treatment approach.

My clinical focus includes:

  • Fertility optimisation and IVF support

  • Recurrent miscarriage and immune-mediated fertility presentations

  • Endometriosis, adenomyosis and chronic pelvic pain

  • PCOS, irregular cycles and ovulatory dysfunction

  • Perimenopause and metabolic hormonal transitions

  • Acne, rosacea and hormonally driven skin concerns

Care that looks beyond symptom management

Treatment is built around understanding why symptoms are happening and identifying the systems contributing to them.

My approach often explores the interplay between:

  • Hormonal signalling and ovulatory function

  • Inflammation and immune dysregulation

  • Gut and reproductive microbiome health

  • Nervous system and stress physiology

  • Metabolic function and blood sugar regulation

  • Detoxification, nutrient status and mitochondrial health

Where clinically appropriate, care may incorporate advanced functional investigations such as:

  • DUTCH hormone testing

  • Comprehensive microbiome digestive analysis

  • Nutritional and metabolic pathology review

  • Functional genetic insights

  • Targeted laboratory interpretation to help guide treatment strategy

These tools can offer additional clarity in complex or longstanding presentations, particularly when symptoms have been difficult to resolve.

As an AHPRA-registered practitioner of Chinese medicine and qualified herbal dispenser, I offer a level of integration beyond acupuncture alone combining internal and external medicine in a way particularly valuable for complex and chronic conditions. My training in herbal medicine allows for precision herbal medicine which I find particularly important for women’s health, fertility, and hormonal conditions.

For women seeking thoughtful, evidence-informed care that goes deeper. This is integrative medicine designed around the complexity of women’s health and hormones.

Consultation locations are in Melbourne - Clifton Hill, on Tuesdays, and her Ballarat Clinic on Wednesday and Thursdays.