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Need more Energy?

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Could you use some more energy? Energy is a central focus of Chinese Medicine. In the clinic it’s common to hear people say they feel tired, or even just that they could use some more energy. Energy is called Qi (pronounced Chee) in Chinese medicine. Although Qi is more than the ideas that the English […]

Concession Day Acupuncture

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Concession Acupuncture – Available Fridays at Metro Health with Marie Hopkinson. To support all our patients who are going through a hard time financially, pensioners or health care card holders Marie offers $40 acupuncture treatments on Fridays. Call us to see if your eligible and to make an appointment. Clinic is open Fridays, 8am – […]

How does Chinese Medicine view cold and flus?

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How does Chinese Medicine view cold and flus? The unique perspective of Chinese medicine shows us a different way of looking at how we get sick. It is because of this unique perspective that Chinese medicine has treatments to offer where other medicines don’t. Firstly in understanding cause of disease, Chinese medicine sees 3 main […]

Winter Flu Busters

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There are lots of early-intervention foods that can treat colds and flus in Chinese medicine. THE KEY IS EARLY TREATMENT. Waiting until symptoms have lingered more than a day, it will be difficult to treat with food cures, however if you can catch the symptoms early enough then foods can provide a cheap, effective relief […]

Healing Paleo Vegitarian Salad

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This salad is an unusual mix with a really delicious taste, and only takes 15-20 minutes to prepare. THIS RECIPE IS VEGETARIAN, PALEO Diet Friendly Options, GLUTEN-FREE, and HEALTHY in a CHINESE MEDICINE sense. IT CAN NOURISH SPLEEN QI, NOURISH YIN and mildly CLEAR HEAT. Combines cooked and raw, eaten Warm. I created this recipe […]

Easy Slow Cooked Osso Bucco – Paleo Tonic

adminMarch 18, 2015March 30, 2016100-Years Lifestyle, Foods are Medicine, Recipiesacupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, chinese medicine, easy paleo recipie, essence, kidney jing, longevity, nourish blood, osso buco, paleo recipie, perth acupuncturist, perth chinese medicine, spleen energy, Spleen Qi, spleen qi xu recipie, tonify blood

This easy to make recipe is natural, healthy and Paleo and it’s easy – only takes 10 minutes to prepare, you can buy all the ingredients at your local supermarket and it’s extremely healthy according to the ancient wisdom of Chinese Medicine. Overall, this recipie is a tonic which nourishes Blood and tonifies the Spleen […]

What do centenarians have in common with Chinese medicine?

adminMarch 12, 2015March 13, 2015100-Years Lifestyle, Foods are Medicineanti-aging, centenarians, chinese diet therapy, Chinese herbal medicine, chinese medicine, clean eating, cooked foods, cooked foods diet, detox, diet, natural medicine, raw foods, yin and yang

Centenarians are people who live up to and beyond 100 years. Chinese Medicine is founded on the principals that a human being should live 100 healthy years. Research into centenarians shows common factors among various groups, which are also promoted as healthy by Chinese Medicine. Three of these are below: 1) Diet – intermittent fasting, […]

Live a better life with Chinese Medicine

adminMarch 7, 2015January 27, 2016100-Years Lifestyle, Energy, Foods are Medicine100 years life, acupuncture, chinese diet therapy, clean eating, cooked foods diet, depression, disease prevention, longevity, natural beauty, natural health, perth acupuncturist, stress, sun si miao, TCM

Chinese medicine is founded on major prevention and health promoting principals: It’s the practitioners job to keep you healthy, rather than just focus on the health problem you have now Chinese medicine sees more inter-connections in the body than mainstream medicine (biomedicine or western medicine). A practitioner looks for how Chinese medicine follows ancient wisdom […]

Tips for going sugar free

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Trying to kick refined sugar in your life? Here are a few tips to get you started on your sugar free journey… 1) Go cold turkey – it’s better just to quit sugar, throw away your sugary treats and spend a few days letting your body and mind adjust. Pick a time when things aren’t […]

Your a Peach!

adminFebruary 7, 2015December 21, 2015Foods are Medicine, Fruitsacupuncture, chinese diet therapy, chinese medicine hospital, Chronic pain, cooked foods diet, detox, diet, energy, foods are medicine, peachNo Comments

In Chinese medicine, the kernel of peaches are used as a herb, but it’s fruit also has medicinal properties. While the kernels must be used by a trained herbalist as they contain poison, which is controlled by their preparation methods, the fruit is quite easily accessible and safe to use. Peaches are coming into season […]