Conditions & Ailments

The Chinese Medicine understanding of the mind relates to the understanding of Shen (spirit). Overthinking, overworking, stressful life factors, strong emotions and poor health can all disturb the Shen. Chinese Medicine and acupuncture helps to improve the flow of qi and calm the Shen to improve how the mind copes with everything we throw at it in modern life.

Sleep is the body’s way of replenishing and consolidating energy resources. A good nights sleep will undo many of the effects of stress, excess work and exhaustion on the body. But when your sleep gets disturbed, your health can rapidly deteriorate.

Lack of sleep and disturbed sleep patterns can put the body under enormous physical stress. This physical stress will increase the production of stress hormones in the body which can in turn upset your sleep patterns further. This is why your sleep patterns can be so difficult to restore once they are disrupted.

Insomnia and other sleep problems can occur as a result of stress, emotional problems, hormonal changes, poor diet as well as other illnesses.

Chinese medicine and acupuncture focus on calming Shen (spirit) and improving the flow of qi around the body. Chinese medicine also focuses on tonifying the qi.

We will use your specific set of symptoms to make a treatment prescription tailored for you. Your treatment may include Acupuncture, Chinese herbs, cupping, massage, naturopathic herbals or nutritional supplements. Each treatment prescription is unique and will be discussed with you to get the mix right for your needs.

Pain, aches, stiffness and soreness can all make your life miserable. Whether your pain is caused by an acute injury or has developed over a long time due to arthritis or repetitive use.

Acupuncture focuses on improving the flow of qi and xue (blood) around the body. By removing painful qi stagnation, acupuncture assists in achieving health flow within the body.

Acupuncture and Chinese medicine has traditionally been used to address a wide range of pain conditions, for more information on whether this treatment might be effective for your symptoms, please contact us.

We will use your specific set of symptoms to make a treatment prescription tailored for you. Your treatment may include Acupuncture, Chinese herbs, cupping, massage, naturopathic herbals or nutritional supplements. Each treatment prescription is unique and will be discussed with you to get the mix right for your needs.

We know that menopause is not just about the hot flushes and night sweats. It’s also about feeling sluggish, emotional, tired and irritable and not being able to sleep – and that’s only the beginning.

Chinese medicine and acupuncture focuses on tonifying the kidneys and clearing deficient heat from the body. By calming the Shen (spirit), acupuncture can assist the mind through this time.

We will use your specific set of symptoms to make a treatment prescription tailored for you. Your treatment may include Acupuncture, Chinese herbs, cupping, massage, naturopathic herbals or nutritional supplements. Each treatment prescription is unique and will be discussed with you to get the mix right for your needs.

Some people seem to get pregnant so easily, but we understand the anguish and grief when this supposedly simple process isn’t working. Chinese medicine focuses on tonifying the the kidneys and stimulating the flow of qi to the kidney meridian. By balancing the Yin and Yang of the kidneys, Chinese medicine helps to improve the kidney function. Chinese medicine will also focus on removing stagnation and nourishing the Xue (blood).

Conception is only the start of the process. By making your body strong prior to getting pregnant, you will ensure you have the resources to call on during your pregnancy. Excellent nutrition, good rest, regular exercise and quality sleep all help the body to manage a pregnancy better.

We will use your specific set of symptoms to make a treatment prescription tailored for you. Your treatment may include Acupuncture, Chinese herbs, cupping, massage, naturopathic herbals or nutritional supplements. Each treatment prescription is unique and will be discussed with you to get the mix right for your needs.

A healthy digestive system breaks food down into energy and nutrients for the body. If your digestive system isn’t functioning well, it has trouble breaking the food down, restricting the amount of energy and nutrient that can be obtained from the food you eat. If your digestive system isn’t working properly you will be inclined to eat more energy dense food which will lead to weight gain and may require nutritional supplements to assist with the reduced nutrient intake.

If your digestive system isn’t function properly, you may have a combination of several symptoms including: poor appetite or hunger and cravings, bloating, bowel irregularity, pain, nausea and fatigue.

Chinese medicine and acupuncture focus on tonifying the spleen and stomach and stimulating the flow of qi to the small and large intestine. By removing stagnation and balancing the body fluids, Chinese medicine improves the function of the spleen and stomach.

We will use your specific set of symptoms to make a treatment prescription tailored for you. Your treatment may include Acupuncture, Chinese herbs, cupping, massage, naturopathic herbals or nutritional supplements. Each treatment prescription is unique and will be discussed with you to get the mix right for your needs.

Fatigue, lethargy and exhaustion are a normal part of everyone’s lives at times, but when you feel like that all the time, something must be done.

Your energy resources get used up by your everyday activities, stress, work and exercise. But sometimes we use up more of our energy than we can replenish (see The Energy Bank Account for more detail).

Chinese medicine and acupuncture focus on improving the flow of qi around the body as well as tonifying the qi. By calming the Shen (spirit), acupuncture can help with how the mind deals with fatigue.

We will use your specific set of symptoms to make a treatment prescription tailored for you. Your treatment may include Acupuncture, Chinese herbs, cupping, massage, naturopathic herbals or nutritional supplements. Each treatment prescription is unique and will be discussed with you to get the mix right for your needs.

Chronic sinusitis and asthma are both conditions associated with a chronic immune reaction that causes increased mucous production and airway constriction. The immune reaction is caused by a weakened immune system (see Allergies for more detail).

Both of these conditions can be extremely debilitating and can lead to ever increasing reliance on medications such as steroids, antibiotics, inhalers and nasal sprays.

Chinese medicine and acupuncture focuses on improving the flow of qi to the lung meridian and unblocking this channel. By clearing wind and heat from the lung, Chinese medicine can assist lung function. Chinese medicine also helps to balance the body fluids and remove body fluids blocking the lung meridian.

We will use your specific set of symptoms to make a treatment prescription tailored for you. Your treatment may include Acupuncture, Chinese herbs, cupping, massage, naturopathic herbals or nutritional supplements. Each treatment prescription is unique and will be discussed with you to get the mix right for your needs.

A regular menstrual cycle is not only a normal and essential part of a woman’s life, it’s also a regular indicator of the overall health of the body. If you are experiencing irregular, heavy or painful periods or have symptoms such as breast tenderness or pre-menstrual tension, these all can be an indication that the body is out of balance.

If your body is strong and healthy, it will be able to control your periods. When your body gets weakened by stress, illness or age, it can lose its capacity to control the regularity or intensity of your cycle – leading to irregular, heavy or painful periods. This will often occur in teenage girls because their bodies aren’t strong enough yet to have good control over their cycle.

Chinese medicine and acupuncture focuses on removing stagnation from the kidney channel and improving the flow of qi to the kidney meridian. By tonifying the kidney Chinese medicine can assist in achieving a healthy balance.

We encourage anyone who has a history of problem-periods to have treatment as soon as possible. Delaying treatment (even when using the pill to control the symptoms) can lead to other health problems and reduced fertility.

We will use your specific set of symptoms to make a treatment prescription tailored for you. Your treatment may include Acupuncture, Chinese herbs, cupping, massage, naturopathic herbals or nutritional supplements. Each treatment prescription is unique and will be discussed with you to get the mix right for your needs.

The foundations of good life-long health are laid during childhood, so it’s vital that your children receive the best health care from the beginning. Because your child’s immune system, nervous system and digestive systems are all under construction during childhood, it is crucial to support this development.

Good nutrition, regular sleep routines, attention to emotional wellbeing and regular exercise all support healthy development.

Chinese medicine sees a child as a human under construction. Chinese medicine focuses on assisting with healthy qi movement and tonifying the function of the spleen and stomach.

Chinese medicine has traditionally been widely used to address a wide array of children’s ailments. For more information on treatment for your child, please get in contact with us.

We will use your child’s specific set of symptoms to make a treatment prescription tailored for them. Their treatment may include Acupuncture, Chinese herbs, cupping, massage, naturopathic herbals or nutritional supplements. Each treatment prescription is unique and will be discussed with you to get the mix right for their needs.

A fulfilling sex life is important to a healthy relationship and a healthy body but for many couples can be difficult to achieve. A “normal” sex life means vastly different things to different people, however problems arise when there are differences between each partners sex drive, interest and ability to enjoy sex.

Libido and sexual function both decline with age and stress and can affect both men and women. Our treatment focuses on restoring strength to the kidney meridian. By tonifying the qi and jing of the kidneys, Chinese medicine and acupuncture can help to strengthen kidney function. By nourishing and balancing the Kidney Yin and Kidney Yang, the kidney balance will be improved.

In Chinese Medicine the Kidneys are vital for supporting the underlying health of the body. Tonifying and balancing the kidney meridian helps to support the health of the whole Chinese medicine organ systems and also helps to support the qi.

We will use your specific set of symptoms to make a treatment prescription tailored for you. Your treatment may include Acupuncture, Chinese herbs, cupping, massage, naturopathic herbals or nutritional supplements. Each treatment prescription is unique and will be discussed with you to get the mix right for your needs.

Maintaining a healthy body weight is not only about what you eat and how much you exercise, it’s also about how your metabolism is functioning. Your metabolism is influenced by many factors including stress, illness, age, hormones and many lifestyle factors.

Your metabolic rate determines how much fuel the body burns when it is idle and how much energy you have available during the day. A fast metabolism burns more fuel and makes more energy available to you for use during the day and will drive weight loss. A slow metabolism stores more fuel and makes less available to you during the day leading to weight gain and fatigue.

Chinese medicine and acupuncture focus on tonifying the spleen and stomach and stimulating the flow of qi to the small and large intestine. By removing stagnation and balancing the body fluids, Chinese medicine improves the function of the spleen and stomach.

We also make Chinese medicine dietary recommendations which focus of food that your body finds easy to digest and foods that help to nourish the body.

We will use your specific set of symptoms to make a treatment prescription tailored for you. Your treatment may include Acupuncture, Chinese herbs, dietary advice, cupping, massage, naturopathic herbals or nutritional supplements. Each treatment prescription is unique and will be discussed with you to get the mix right for your needs.

We all understand that the state of our financial health is the balance of deposits versus withdrawals. More deposits and less withdrawals, makes for a healthy bank balance. The energy that our body has to work with can be viewed in much the same way. We withdraw from our energy bank account when we are stressed, overworked, emotionally strained, doing excessive exercise and not eating properly and we deposit into our energy bank account when we are relaxed and resting, eating well, enjoying our friends and family and doing gentle regular exercise.

The state of your body will be a reflection of how many deposits and how many withdrawals you have made in your energy bank account over the course of your life. If you have done more withdrawals than deposits you will lack the energy and nutrition to stay well and will have health problems. If you have made more deposits than withdrawals, you will be able to maintain good health and vitality.

Our treatment is about helping you put the energy bank account back in the black.

We will use your specific set of symptoms to make a treatment prescription tailored for you. Your treatment may include Acupuncture, Chinese herbs, cupping, massage, naturopathic herbals or nutritional supplements. Each treatment prescription is unique and will be discussed with you to get the mix right for your needs.