Acupressure for Cold Symptoms: a Chinese Medicine remedy
Caught a little chill or a draught? Aircon too chilly in the office? Got caught out in the rain? Or maybe it's just those very first signs of feeling run down, sniffly [...]
Herbal Tea for Cold Symptoms: a Chinese Medicine remedy
If you've caught a little chill - or been caught in aircon, draughts or sudden cold weather - and you experience: tight neck and upper shoulders headache chills and / or feeling [...]
Can skipping meals make you age faster??
While it may feel great initially, there can be a very real, hidden cost of skipping meals. In this post, I share the Chinese Medicine perspective on why that is: we will [...]
Top 5 Meridian Stretches for Back Pain, Hip Pain & Sciatica
Many of the cases of back pain, hip pain and sciatica that I see in clinic are better with warmth and movement. This is no surprise, because in Chinese Medicine, we say [...]
Late Summer & Damp: Spleen health tips
Right now where I live, we find ourselves well into the season of Late Summer. As I write this, a summer storm has barrelled through and all I can hear is pouring [...]
Every living moment can be a ceremony
With the Lunar New Year festival ending on this coming full moon (and the recent flipping over into the new Gregorian year of 2025), I've been reflecting on new [...]
A simple & soothing breath to release stress & anxiety
The "Triangle Breath" is such a simple, easy and effective technique, that can be utilised at any time that you'd like some more grounding and calm - I often practice this [...]
ENDOMETRIOSIS, ACUPUNCTURE & CHINESE MEDICINE
This post was originally written for, and published by, QENDO. Thank you QENDO for your wonderful and important work in endometriosis support and awareness.Endometriosis: ancient & modern perspectivesAlthough endometriosis as a “condition” was [...]
ACUPRESSURE D.I.Y. – Kidney 1
As promised, I'm going to start introducing some acupressure points that you can use at home for better health and wellbeing. Acupressure points are the same as acupuncture points, but instead of needles [...]
ANXIETY, PANIC ATTACKS & RUNNING PIGLETS: WHAT’S THE CONNECTION?
Medicine for body, mind and soulIn recent years, conventional science and medicine has been rediscovering what Chinese Medicine has discussed for thousands of years - that the mind and body are inseparable, and [...]