Geelong Chinese Medicine Clinic blog
Qi Gong for busy people
At Geelong Chinese Medicine Clinic, we often see people whose work keeps them at a desk: shoulders rounded, neck tight, wrists sore, and lower back fatigued. Many experience aching, or even numbness and tingling, from long hours of sitting and... Read more
Are you tired but wired? – a Chinese medicine perspective
A frequent concern we see in clinic is tension, muscular, nervous, or mental. The obvious answer might be “just relax,” but anyone who has struggled with tension knows it’s not that simple. In Chinese medicine, this restless exhaustion often reflects... Read more
Warm your centre this Winter: understanding stomach fire and yang deficiency in Chinese medicine
As winter deepens and the air grows colder, you may notice subtle (or not so subtle) changes in how your body feels. Perhaps your hands and feet are always cold. Maybe your appetite isn’t quite right. You might feel foggy,... Read more
What Autumn teaches us: slowing down, letting go, and a porridge for the lungs
The other morning, I noticed a leaf stuck to the sole of my shoe. I’d picked it up on the way into the clinic, and it was only when I paused to take it off my show that I saw... Read more
Neck pain and the connection between exterior cold and interior heat
At the end of summer I felt it apropriate to address one of the common problems I see in clinic when the weather turns cold. It is so easy to forget to adjust our dress and diet to the season!... Read more
Acupressure as self-care for long COVID
Last weekend, I had the opportunity to attend an online conference from Hong Kong on Chinese medicine for COVID and long COVID. Tele-health delivery of Chinese medicine has been encouraged in Hong Kong during the pandemic. Chinese medicine practitioners from... Read more
Acupuncture, post-COVID condition and long COVID
Since January 2022, in our Geelong clinic we have seen more and more patients who have had COVID-19. Some patients came to us within a few weeks of diagnosis, presenting with fatigue, brain fog, loss of smell, feeling cold and... Read more
About Long COVID
Feeling exhausted, brain fog, waking up feeling as if having not slept, or not able to get a sound sleep, feeling heavy in the body, short of breath, pain in the body and / or diarrhoea? Feeling blue; feeling anxious?... Read more
Strategies for managing dry cough from a common cold
As the prevalence of common cold and flu increases in this winter, more and more people suffer from dry cough either during their illness or as a result of their cold or flu. Recently I was sick for over one... Read more
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