Chinese medicine views the menstrual cycle as an ebb and flow of Yin and Yang energy. The cycle is divided in four distinct phases and…
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Rooted in Taoism, the classical acupuncture system is over 2,000 years old, yet in many ways is more applicable today than ever before. In our ever-changing world, our ability to be flexible in mental functions such as beliefs, emotions and attitudes, as well as being adaptable in our biochemistry and immunology is crucial to our health.
Hopefully colds and flus are almost behind us, days are longer, brighter and warmer already, so why are some of us feeling off in the…
The “New Year New You” slogan has been used time and time again but after a year of skyrocketting stress levels for most of us…
Acupressure is similar to shiatsu in that it involves applying pressure to key points on the body’s energy system. It is widely practiced in Asia…
From a Chinese medicine perspective, the imbalance that leads to PCOS can be rectified through several means, from acupuncture to dietary therapy or the use…
For those of us who will unfortunately develop cancer and have medical treatment, there there are therapies that may help alleviate some of the side…
Despite falling pregnant easily the first-time round, women are increasingly struggling to conceive their second child and up to one in five couples trying for…
Several studies support acupuncture as a potentially successful treatment of urinary urgency, frequency, and urgency incontinence and a 2005 study at Portland University in Oregon…
Come the dark days of winter, everyone can feel a bit down from time to time. But for some of us, these shorter, colder days…
The seasonal cycle has moved into late summer, leaving behind the high heat of summer for a season full of the warmth without the intensity…