Nutritional medicine ...
Nutritional Functional Medicines - Not just fads
Nutritionists study how diet can be a causative factor for health and how it may be a contributing factor to many common symptoms. Having your diet looked at is fundamentally important part of your health. With the many fads that exist, we can dispel the myths and clarify your confusion.
The other aspect of diet is your metabolic needs. If your metabolism and your diet don't match - then your likely to have a subsequent health issue. It is not about denying yourself food - it's about knowing which foods are good for your particular type of body, constitution, lifestyle and genetics.
Lifestyle Advice Emotional Care
Key components of your lifestyle may be aggravating your condition. Where we seek to we advise you of the changes you may need to make, including negative habitual activity and sleeping patterns.
Specialised herbs and remedies are able to support the extremes of emotion and stress many people experience a some time in their life. Even the most robust person can fall prey to emotional imbalances. We seek to support you with the remedies that gently get you back on track or improve your ability to cope with these demands in your life so you adapt and get through.
Why choose Herbal Medicines?
The wisdom of healing can be traced to ancient cultures where medicinal plant cures began. Today, herbal medicines are backed by rigorous studies of their pharmacologically active constituents and are manufactured to exacting standards.
A medical Herbalist will prescribe and formulate a mixture of herbs unique to your condition and constitution. The mixture will include herbs that act to bring symptomatic changes - as well as deeper acting remedies to support the underlying organ systems predisposing your condition.
Holistic Care
Our aim is to optimise your return to health with supplements and natural compounds that have scientific proven efficacy for your presenting conditions. We look at a likely time frame for your treatment and make your compliance as high as by simplifying your prescription.
Nutritional Functional Medicines - Not just fads
Nutritionists study how diet can be a causative factor for health and how it may be a contributing factor to many common symptoms. Having your diet looked at is fundamentally important part of your health. With the many fads that exist, we can dispel the myths and clarify your confusion.
The other aspect of diet is your metabolic needs. If your metabolism and your diet don't match - then your likely to have a subsequent health issue. It is not about denying yourself food - it's about knowing which foods are good for your particular type of body, constitution, lifestyle and genetics.
Lifestyle Advice Emotional Care
Key components of your lifestyle may be aggravating your condition. Where we seek to we advise you of the changes you may need to make, including negative habitual activity and sleeping patterns.
Specialised herbs and remedies are able to support the extremes of emotion and stress many people experience a some time in their life. Even the most robust person can fall prey to emotional imbalances. We seek to support you with the remedies that gently get you back on track or improve your ability to cope with these demands in your life so you adapt and get through.
Why choose Herbal Medicines?
The wisdom of healing can be traced to ancient cultures where medicinal plant cures began. Today, herbal medicines are backed by rigorous studies of their pharmacologically active constituents and are manufactured to exacting standards.
A medical Herbalist will prescribe and formulate a mixture of herbs unique to your condition and constitution. The mixture will include herbs that act to bring symptomatic changes - as well as deeper acting remedies to support the underlying organ systems predisposing your condition.
Holistic Care
Our aim is to optimise your return to health with supplements and natural compounds that have scientific proven efficacy for your presenting conditions. We look at a likely time frame for your treatment and make your compliance as high as by simplifying your prescription.
Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine...
Chinese Medicine - Ancient Healing Art vs Contemporary Science?
The underlying concepts of oriental medicine is the belief in the innate healing capacity of the human being, which is organic in nature and thus a part of and influenced by natures elements, from within and without. It searches into the depth of diseases, and does not treat the human body superficially.
Chinese Diagnosis
Chinese diagnostic methods to read the the quality of the Qi/energy and organs systems of the body through the 12 organ pulses. Tongue diagnosis is a traditional method of discovering imbalances in minerals, tissues and organs through the tongue coating and quality.
Chinese Herbal Remedies.
Based on the founding principles of balancing Qi in the organs of the body - Chinese herbs come in granulated or capsule form to maximise compliance. A complex system of herbal medicine that tonifies the body deeply from within, concurrent to the modalities applied externally, (such as Acupressure, Acupuncture or Tuina,) to reestablish equilibrium and maximise healing and restoration.
Now with Acugraph Testing!
AcuGraph testing provides objective, computerised documentation of the need for,
and the effectiveness of Acupuncture, in a format patients readily embrace. With
AcuGraph Evidence-Based Acupuncture™, you can see the Chi measured on a
graph right in front of you
Chinese Remedial Techniques.
Cupping
Heat is placed inside a cup to create a vacuum which is then placed onto the skin creating a suction effect. This is used to aid to move stagnation and tension in muscles as well as excess heat or cold that is contained in the body. Used in conjunction with Chinese Herbal Salves applied direct on the skin.
Chinese Medicine remains an intricate art and complementary medical practice. It excels in its capacity to unravel the patterns preceding health conditions & the restoration of optimal vitality.The active principle is to use one of a breadth of techniques to stimulate optimal wellness by the art of self managing, preventing and curing the underlying cause of health imbalances.
Wellness and the 'Shen'
The alternative perspective
Eastern medicine continues to provoke inquiry, in the awareness of more than just the physical aspects that may contribute to a health. Eastern medicine always has somewhere buried in it, the respect and reverence for the individuals Mind or Spirit, and its capacity to interact upon the total health and wellness of the person.
The concept that your inner self may be able to profoundly influence or support the outcomes of health and healing is a giant leap away from scientific inquiry. Yet whether its a major life health crisis, or a minor habitual condition, both 'mind' and 'body' are implicated in Eastern medicinal approaches.
In Chinese Medicine this is referred to as the 'Shen', or 'Mind' or some use the word 'Consciousness'. Oriental theory states that a persons health is visible in their state of 'Shen' which is indicated through the quality of their eyes. If a persons 'Shen' is healthy , their eyes sparkle with vitality. Disturbed Shen produces dull eyes, which seem to have a veil in front of them.
It is said that 'Shen' lives in the Heart and is nourished by the blood. 'Shen' is dependant on the strength of the persons essence given to them at birth and nourished or depleted from their choices in lifestyle, diet and activity as well as through the nourishment received (or not) through interactions with people in their lives and their environment. These affect the Qi or life essence that is further maintained via the spleen and stomach.
In Chinese Medicine, much energy is applied to the state of the blood, the heart, the kidneys the spleen and the stomach. Vitality and healthy living is more than just having a body that is able to take you from A to B, it's about the quality of that journey and whether you make that journey dragging your feet, or with a joyful strong stride & inner smile.
Chinese Medicine - Ancient Healing Art vs Contemporary Science?
The underlying concepts of oriental medicine is the belief in the innate healing capacity of the human being, which is organic in nature and thus a part of and influenced by natures elements, from within and without. It searches into the depth of diseases, and does not treat the human body superficially.
Chinese Diagnosis
Chinese diagnostic methods to read the the quality of the Qi/energy and organs systems of the body through the 12 organ pulses. Tongue diagnosis is a traditional method of discovering imbalances in minerals, tissues and organs through the tongue coating and quality.
Chinese Herbal Remedies.
Based on the founding principles of balancing Qi in the organs of the body - Chinese herbs come in granulated or capsule form to maximise compliance. A complex system of herbal medicine that tonifies the body deeply from within, concurrent to the modalities applied externally, (such as Acupressure, Acupuncture or Tuina,) to reestablish equilibrium and maximise healing and restoration.
Now with Acugraph Testing!
AcuGraph testing provides objective, computerised documentation of the need for,
and the effectiveness of Acupuncture, in a format patients readily embrace. With
AcuGraph Evidence-Based Acupuncture™, you can see the Chi measured on a
graph right in front of you
Chinese Remedial Techniques.
Cupping
Heat is placed inside a cup to create a vacuum which is then placed onto the skin creating a suction effect. This is used to aid to move stagnation and tension in muscles as well as excess heat or cold that is contained in the body. Used in conjunction with Chinese Herbal Salves applied direct on the skin.
Chinese Medicine remains an intricate art and complementary medical practice. It excels in its capacity to unravel the patterns preceding health conditions & the restoration of optimal vitality.The active principle is to use one of a breadth of techniques to stimulate optimal wellness by the art of self managing, preventing and curing the underlying cause of health imbalances.
Wellness and the 'Shen'
The alternative perspective
Eastern medicine continues to provoke inquiry, in the awareness of more than just the physical aspects that may contribute to a health. Eastern medicine always has somewhere buried in it, the respect and reverence for the individuals Mind or Spirit, and its capacity to interact upon the total health and wellness of the person.
The concept that your inner self may be able to profoundly influence or support the outcomes of health and healing is a giant leap away from scientific inquiry. Yet whether its a major life health crisis, or a minor habitual condition, both 'mind' and 'body' are implicated in Eastern medicinal approaches.
In Chinese Medicine this is referred to as the 'Shen', or 'Mind' or some use the word 'Consciousness'. Oriental theory states that a persons health is visible in their state of 'Shen' which is indicated through the quality of their eyes. If a persons 'Shen' is healthy , their eyes sparkle with vitality. Disturbed Shen produces dull eyes, which seem to have a veil in front of them.
It is said that 'Shen' lives in the Heart and is nourished by the blood. 'Shen' is dependant on the strength of the persons essence given to them at birth and nourished or depleted from their choices in lifestyle, diet and activity as well as through the nourishment received (or not) through interactions with people in their lives and their environment. These affect the Qi or life essence that is further maintained via the spleen and stomach.
In Chinese Medicine, much energy is applied to the state of the blood, the heart, the kidneys the spleen and the stomach. Vitality and healthy living is more than just having a body that is able to take you from A to B, it's about the quality of that journey and whether you make that journey dragging your feet, or with a joyful strong stride & inner smile.
