Accreditation and memberships
AHPRA This is the Australian Government register of qualified Chinese medicine practitioners. Since July 2012, the profession has been regulated alongside doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, chiropractors, occupational therapists and eight other health professions. AACMA This is the peak professional body representing acupuncturists and Chinese herbal medicine practitioners. They provide information to the public about general aspects […]
Menopause, mid-life and meaning
Are you approaching menopause? Already there? In our culture – in the developed, English-speaking world – menopause is becoming increasingly medicalised… symptoms and hormones and treatments. The medical narrative around menopause has become so ingrained in our cultural consciousness that we don’t even see it, like a fish not seeing the water it’s swimming […]
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 […]
The new year – Southern hemisphere style
The Northern hemisphere new year is in the middle of darkness, stillness and cold – candles are lit, warm food and drinks are taken, and from this introspective setting, people can imagine the emerging of new beginnings in spring. In Australia? Long warm days, markets bursting with seasonal fruit, social gatherings that linger into […]
in-shine
We are taught to always aim to out-shine others – rated and ranked and praised and awarded throughout childhood and schooling, and into the workplace – getting ahead and rising to the top, keeping up with the Joneses and all the rest. And if we can’t outshine then we are left in the […]
Red and processed meat – cancer, health and fertility
Evidence has been building for some time linking consumption of animal protein, and red meat in particular, to negative health outcomes such as increased risk of type 2 diabetes, certain cancers and cardiovascular diseases such as coronary heart disease and stroke. A recent review by the cancer branch of the World Health Organisation (WHO) […]
Book release: Chinese Medicine Liberation
Chinese Medicine Liberation: Inner Documents By Yaron Seidman, Zac Patterson & Lois Nethery Join us for a detailed exploration of Chinese medicine’s transformation during the 20th century in China. Using original materials – letters, articles, books, announcements and official documents – with commentary from the book’s principal author to guide the reader, together we can […]
