Chinese medicine and pregnancy
Changes in pregnancy and beyond For a new human being, the journey of conception and pregnancy is the entry-way into the world. Chinese medicine recognises that pregnancy is a special time in a woman’s life. It is an altered physiological state with special characteristics. Whereas menses used to gather and release with each moon, now […]
Fertility, preconception and IVF support
Fertility If you’ve been trying to conceive for a little while, you may be feeling a little overwhelmed at all the information that’s available. Infertility is a growing problem in industrialised countries, affecting about one in six couples, yet the journey can feel deeply personal and isolating. You may feel overwhelmed by all the medical […]
Acupuncture and Chinese medicine for teens, children and babies
Teens, children & babies Chinese medicine has so much to offer parents and their babies, children and teens. It’s a natural system of medicine that includes information for helping with acute problems like respiratory infections, as well as sensible and time-tested advice for promoting long-term health and wellbeing. Raising children with Chinese medicine knowledge The […]
About my approach
My approach Even if people have had acupuncture before, they usually find that my approach is quite different. Classical Chinese Medicine This is because for many years I’ve been focusing on the ancient roots of Chinese Medicine. A science that was born of internal cultivation, breathing, mindfulness, meditation and deep awareness. The body is […]
How I met Chinese Medicine
I fell in love with Chinese medicine over twenty five years ago while I was studying for my psychology degree. Even though I’d discovered meditation in my teens and had begun a regular yoga practice, I was still pretty new to the world of energy cultivation, mind-body practices and so on. I’d started dipping my […]
Classical Chinese Medicine and “TCM”
I practice what’s broadly called Classical Chinese Medicine. This practice looks back to the long history of teachings, over 2000 years of knowledge that’s been carefully handed down through the generations. It is about systems, connections, maps of the human body and nature woven together. Classical Chinese Medicine has been passed down for thousands of […]
Your fertility story – where did you come from, and where are you going?
Where did you come from? According to that “facts of life book”, you came from your parents! But where did each one of your parents come from? From their parents, of course. And where did they come from? From their parents, and their parents, and their parents… At some point you may lose track of […]
Finding the extraordinary within the ordinary
See article “in-shine” for introduction to Liu Yuan Dr Seidman, founder of Hunyuan Research Institute, has released the first in a series of translations of Liu Yuan’s teachings on the heart method and heaven nature. Su Yan (Customary Words) is a teaching for the everyday person. Liu Yuan teaches through examples that are […]
Same disease, different treatment
Same disease, different treatment Two people with the same Western medicine diagnosis label can be treated very differently when we look at them in the Chinese medicine way. The Chinese saying “Same disease, different treatment” can be illustrated by this example: Jan is a 30-year-old woman with common cold. She has chills, a strong headache, […]
The science of Eastern medicine
Chinese Medicine is a complete system of health care that has been in continuous use for thousands of years. During that time, and over the generations, it has been refined, expanded, discussed and elaborated. There are hundreds of separate approaches to Chinese Medicine, but the system taught at universities was put together by the Chinese […]
