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Chinese Medicine and Inflammation – Dr. Nicola Loizou

What Is Inflammation and How Can We Treat It With Chinese Medicine? Inflammation is our body's normal healing process in action. When we cut ourselves or catch a cold for example, the redness, heat and swelling that follows is triggered by the immune system to signal the start of repair mode. When inflammation sticks around [...]

What is Dry Needling?

Dry needling is a technique used by our Myotherapist, Acupuncturists and Osteopath, to treat muscular pain and tension. It involves inserting thin needles into trigger points or tight bands of muscle to stimulate a twitch response and release tension. Some of the potential benefits of dry needling for muscular pain may  include: Pain Relief: Dry [...]

By |2023-09-14T10:49:57+10:00September 14th, 2023|acupuncture, Clinic, Myotherapy, Osteopathy|0 Comments

PTSD & Trauma Awareness

PTSD Awareness June 2023 June was PTSD awareness month and it shone the light on PTSD and it's impact on peoples lives. But what is PTSD and how can we help ourselves and the people we love who have experienced trauma and are still living with its impact? Kundalini House Counsellor and Psychotherapist Marisa Howard [...]

Chinese Year: Yin Water Rabbit by Leela Klein

Yin Water Rabbit Welcome to the Year of the Yin Water Rabbit! Last year’s Yang Water Tiger is slowly losing its bite, and the Rabbit is hopping in its place. The year of the Rabbit is all about expansion and growth, and this energy will grow as the rabbit matures throughout the year. It’s a [...]

Herbal Remedies for a Hangover, the Chinese Medicine Way

What is a hangover? Alcohol is a diuretic so most of the symptoms associated with overindulging are related to dehydration. Over time the alcohol we consume breaks down into acetaldehyde, which our bodies find toxic. It’s normal for your body to try to get rid of this toxin, hence nausea. In response to the toxins, [...]

DEALING WITH STRESS – By Dr. Leela Klein

DEALING WITH STRESS To say the least, it's been a stressful time and we have been feeling the effects that stress puts on our bodies. I have put together some of my favourite recommendations I give my clients to help support them in stressful times and prevent exhaustion. I hope you find them helpful too. [...]

Chinese Medicine + The Emotional Flow Of The 5 Elements By Pip Atherstone-Reid

The Five elements can be used in Chinese Medicine to describe the flow and relationship of the human body and the world around us. The Five Elements can represent the seasons, the major organs, personality types, emotions, spirit and more.   I have always loved how it can be used to explain the flow of [...]

Homemade cold and flu remedies

Homemade cold and flu remedies   As restrictions ease and we start to go back out into the community and see one another again, we are going to start to expose ourselves to a whole range of viruses again, not just COVID19. The common cold can make us feel tired and miserable.   Below are [...]

By |2020-05-15T15:36:27+10:00May 15th, 2020|acupuncture|0 Comments

How does Chinese Medicine work?

“Tong Ze Bu Tong; Bu Tong Ze Tong” Huang Di Nei Jing  “If there is free flow, there is no pain; if there is pain, there is lack of free flow.”   In Traditional Chinese Medicine, Qi (air or fluid) is stimulated at specific Acupuncture points to create a balanced flow throughout the body, this is said to balance the Yin and Yang of the body and create a smooth flow of [...]

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