Hot Flushes is not part of every woman’s Menopausal Transition. There are a long list of signs and symptoms that may start once your cycle becomes more irregular again leading up to The Big Change of Life. Let’s take a look at how Acupuncture may help with symptomatic relief
Thyme from your garden or the green grocer has general health benefits when you have a sore throat or cough. We’re not talking about Covid-19 here. This tea is a good preventative for sore throat and can be used when you have the common cold and a mild cough. Recipe: 1 handful thyme, crushed […]
Natural Medicine Week aims to educate and promote awareness about Natural Medicine in Australia. The Australian Traditional Medicine Society (ATMS) is an association I’m a member of and have been for most of my practicing years since 2003. ATMS focuses on three areas of Natural Medicine: Ingestive – Naturopathy & Western Herbal Medicine Bodywork – […]
With all this Covid-19 around us, I’m adding to my blog collection a lot about Warming Yang. The logic of Chinese Medicine means that where there is cold or dampness, practitioners use warming herbs. On the acupuncture treatment table, we would definitely go for the Moxa sticks to warm Yang, dispel cold and resolve damp. […]
What is Damp? How do we see dampness present in our external environment? Things that are waterlogged, moist, musty, dank, soggy. It may even have a specific smell of stagnant water. Traditional Chinese Medicine has language around how certain symptoms present in people. Historically, master practitioners were constantly observing nature and looking for similar patterns […]