Protecting the Immune System
From the teachings of
Traditional Chinese MedicineTCMand Current western thinking
ROAST GARLIC AND THYME SOUP
This excellent soup is wonderful for helping you to get rid of coughs and colds and protecting you from further bugs. In Traditional Chinese Medicine garlic and onions are used to expel bacteria and viruses and to nourish our Lung Qi, which helps boost immunity. […]
When you’re trying to conceive and not getting anywhere, you can reach a point where you simply don’t know what direction to go in next. Do you keep TTC naturally? Try Clomid? Consider IVF? There are a bewildering array of fertility choices and sometimes this can cause us to feel […]
Acupuncture has alot to offer even the littlest patients. It’s gentle, effective and quick and children really love it. We use lots of moxibustion with children (they love this too) and extremely gentle in-out needling techniques which means that they often don’t even realise they’ve had acupuncture. In this clinic […]
Electroacupuncture (EA) is great for boosting the potency of acupuncture especially when there is pain. Research abounds looking at the benefits of EA on pain relief – much of it focusing on the biomedical / biochemical reasons why it works. We know that it interferes with the pain signals and […]
When you’re trying to conceive but not getting pregnant it can be incredibly difficult to hear pregnancy announcements. You want to be happy but inside it can feel like a hundred tiny knives in your heart. Really, really tough. Some of the women who visit my clinic tell me that […]
In Chinese Medicine grief, especially if it is prolonged, can disrupt the energy of the Lung. In Chinese Medicine the Lung is known as the sensitive organ and when we are unable to process our grief it can disrupt the energy of the Lung, causing imbalance and disorder. When someone […]
Over the years I have worked with lots of women who need donor eggs to achieve their dream of a family. In every case, these women have been through multiple rounds of IVF – rounds which often fail to produce many (sometimes any) eggs or if they do, the eggs […]
Every season I change the artwork in the clinic to reflect what’s going on outside the window. I do this because it’s important in Chinese Medicine, and life generally, to live – as best we can – in harmony with the seasons. Autumn is all about change; the change from […]
It’s estimated that in the UK each day, approximately 190,000 people suffer with migraine. That’s a huge figure and the cost to the NHS is also huge (about £150m per year in doctors visits and prescription medication). It also has a knock-on effect on work or school with absenteeism thought […]