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Treating Insomnia by Acupuncture.

Wednesday April 5, 2017/in Acupuncture /by admin

ACUPUNCTURE – Treating Insomnia by Acupuncture.

In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), insomnia is known as sleeplessness. Insomnia may result in the decline of the sufferers’ quality of life, and long-term insomnia may also trigger depression, reduce pain tolerance, or negatively impact on the immune response. Sleep is indispensable for maintaining a healthy body. During sleep, the internal metabolism and physiological function would be in a state of protective inhibition, which helps to avoid loss of nerve cell function due to hypertension, as well as reviving the physiological function of fatigued nerves.

All physiological activities of a living organism have their

Could food intolerance testing be the answer to your health problems?

Friday October 7, 2016/in Nutritional Medicine /by admin

Could food intolerance testing be the answer to your health problems?

Nutrition and food intolerance. Ongoing exposure to foods that we may be intolerant to can cause a number of problems, such as digestive issues, brain fog, along with chronic inflammation and activation of the immune system.

Using food intolerance testing methods such as ALCAT or IgG, we can measure the immune reaction to certain white blood cells when a food protein is tested.

How do you know if food intolerance testing is right for you?

Do you suffer from:
Gastrointestinal disorders such as bloating, constipation/diarrhoea, IBS, reflux or nutritional deficiencies? (iron and calcium

Hayfever season – can Acupuncture be the answer?

Wednesday October 5, 2016/in Acupuncture /by admin

Hayfever season – can Acupuncture be the answer?

Hay fever is a hypersensitive response among some individuals in the respiratory tract and eyes, resulting from an allergic reaction to pollen or various other allergens, including dust mites, fungal spore, and animal fur. Hay fever is a common and frequently-occurring condition that can severely impair human health.

The clinical manifestations of patients suffering from hay fever vary with the individual. The characteristic symptoms of hay fever are: rhinorrhea, lacrimation, sneezing fits, nasal itching, and severe itching in the eyes and external auditory canal, all of which are often mistaken for the

Is Chiropractic safe?

Wednesday October 5, 2016/in Chiropractic /by admin

Is Chiropractic safe?

Chiropractic. Is it safe? Yes, it is. Chiropractic was founded in the 1890s, and is a form of alternative medicine concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of mechanical disorders of the musculoskeletal system, especially the spine. A common chiropractic treatment technique involves manual therapy, especially adjustment of the spine, other joints, and soft tissues, but also includes other low force techniques, muscle releases, exercises and health and lifestyle counselling. It is a very safe and effective technique that can help with symptoms of pain, stiffness, headaches, nerve impingement and more.
Chiropractic procedures seldom cause problems. In extremely rare circumstances, some treatment

The gift of death.

Wednesday October 5, 2016/in Psychotherapy /by admin

The gift of death.

Although we all know death is simply a part of life, for many of us this is an inconvenient truth, which can be pushed aside until death somehow touches us. Nowhere is this felt and realised more than when someone close to us dies. On top of the grief that inevitably springs from such a loss, for many, the process of coming to terms with such a loss is not dealt with. When such a loss is interrupted or frozen mid stream, life can no longer proceed as it has proceeded before for the survivor. In

Why See A Nutritional Medicine Practitioner?

Wednesday August 17, 2016/in Nutritional Medicine /by admin

Why See A Nutritional Medicine Practitioner?

Karen Ball As a naturopathic nutritionist, people often ask what I do.

Do I tell people what to eat? Do I educate people about healthy food choices? Well the answer to both these questions is YES, but there is also so much more involved in what my job entails.

I am a tertiary qualified practitioner that has spent 3 years of full time study on anatomy and physiology, pathology and disease progression, diagnosis and symptomology, counselling and psychology, biochemistry, and of course human nutrition. Along with this, I completed 340 hours of clinical study, which meant

Emotional Memories.

Wednesday August 17, 2016/in Neuroemotional Technique N.E.T. /by admin

Emotional Memories.

NET Emotional Memories Life is made up of a variety of experiences, ranging from happy and exciting to sad or frightening. These less positive experiences are considered a stress. The normal response to stress to feel it, and have an appropriate physiological response to it at the time. Over time this stress response lessens and eventually disappears – this is called extinction.

Sometimes when we think back on these experiences they may trigger a physiological reaction in us . We may experience the original emotion, or we may have a general sense of feeling upset or anxious, or something more subtle

Acupuncture for Induced Labour.

Wednesday August 17, 2016/in Acupuncture /by admin

Acupuncture for Induced Labour.

Induced Labour with Acupuncture Prolonged Pregnancy is a kind of abnormal delivery not uncommon in modern times. To be specific, if pregnant, a woman with normal menstrual cycle of 28 to 30 days) fails to go into labour for more than 2 weeks after full-term pregnancy, this is called “Prolonged Pregnancy”.

TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) is a time-honoured method in treating prolonged pregnancy, and the acupuncture for induced labour which has been adopted by ancient medical practitioners all along, has been shown to be clinically effective. This was abundantly recorded in many ancient books of TCM. The earliest recorded incidence

Quit Smoking with Oriental Medicine.

Saturday June 25, 2016/in Acupuncture /by admin

Quit Smoking with Oriental Medicine.

quit-smoking If you’re a smoker, you’ve probably tried quitting at one point or another. Perhaps you had success initially but then resumed, leaving you feeling annoyed with yourself and a bit reluctant to try again. Or were you put off by the weight gain that often accompanies giving up smoking? If so, maybe it’s time to try a completely different approach that can help address these issues and more.

Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine have been used successfully for various addictions, including nicotine. Studies have shown that smokers who used Acupuncture to help them quit had

Sugar Cavings?

Thursday January 28, 2016/in Eating Psychology /by admin

Sugar Cavings?

sugar cravings 3 After a season of overindulgence, the new year often prompts us to clean up the diet. For me, the focus this new year has been to eliminate refined sugar once again. I was reminded how frustrating it can be to put your mind and spirit to something so clearly, only to find that the physical desire for sugar still remains. So here we revisit how we can help ourselves to eliminate these ever so powerful cravings.

What causes sugar cravings?

The body (and in particular the brain) requires glucose (sugar) in the blood to survive, and is constantly