Chinese Medicine and Spring
Spring has arrived and with it we can feel the change of seasonal energy. The days are getting longer and the sun is getting warmer, thank goodness! According to traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), spring is a time of upward and expansive movement of energy, of creativity, of planning and change. Nature expresses this in the new growth in the garden, the buds and blossoms on the trees and the first blooms of spring.
Never Tried Acupuncture? Here are 10 reasons why you should.
1. Acupuncture promotes a state of relaxation
Do you ever feel there are just not enough hours in the day to meet the demands of work, family, and self-care? Are you operating in a state of chronically high stress? Acupuncture can switch on your body’s relaxation pathways and retrain your body and mind in how to relax.
2. Acupuncture can help improve sleep
Acupuncture treats the root cause of what is causing the insomnia and actually benefits your overall health at the same time as well as restoring restful, reliable sleep patterns.
3. Acupuncture can boost your energy
Acupuncture Demystified
Because acupuncture originated in China, a culture so distinctly different to our own, there is so much that can be ‘lost in translation’. So, let’s clear up some of those key misconceptions.
Acupuncture works on the nerves. True or False?
An acupuncturist’s goal is to restore balance to your vital force (‘chi’ in Chinese). Think of your body as a landscape covered by an interconnected river system. In acupuncture these rivers are called ‘meridians’ and instead of carrying water they carry your vitality. Acupuncture points act like gates controlling the flow of this precious vitality.
Manage Your Pain With Traditional Chinese Medicine
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) considers pain to be caused by the lack of free flow of qi and/or blood. To put it simply, when the qi and blood move freely, there is no pain. Unfortunately, the flow of qi and blood can become inhibited at any and every area of the body. The internal organs, joints and ligaments, muscles can all be affected by qi and blood stagnation. What causes the stagnation?
TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE AND PAIN MANAGEMENT
ACUPUNCTURE BEATS MORNING SICKNESS
The condition of ‘morning sickness’ is a misnomer. It can in fact strike at any time, day or night, sometimes constantly. It is often described as a terrible hangover that never relents, car sickness or food poisoning that doesn’t get better. It is experienced mostly in the early stages of pregnancy between six and sixteen weeks, although for some unfortunate women it can be a constant until they reach full term. It is thought that this often-debilitating condition is caused by the huge surge of circulating hormones. Stress and fatigue are also thought to be contributing factors. Symptoms include nausea
Relief From Menopause Without Drugs
Typically, as women approach or enter their fifties, they will first navigate perimenopause and then menopause as the ovary’s production of oestrogen declines and then stops and the menstrual cycle ceases, a process which can take on average four years but can take up to ten.
The significant hormonal upheaval of the menopausal transition is often marked by uncomfortable symptoms of hot flushes, excess sweating, moods swings, sleep disturbances, depression, anxiety, brain fog and weight gain.
MISCARRIAGE AND TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE
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