ACUPUNCTURE & CHINESE HERBS
What to Expect in a Session
In our first consultation, we’ll explore your full health history, blood test results, mental health, recent diagnoses, and any other relevant factors. I’ll ask you LOTS of questions and will look at your tongue and feel your pulse to arrive at a Chinese medicine Diagnose and treatment strategy to bring your unique system back into balance.
After your session, you’ll receive a personalised treatment plan with a combination of clinical supplementation, Chinese Herbal Medicine, diet and lifestyle recommendations, all designed to support your unique health goals
Subsequent sessions always start with tongue and pulse daignosis, a review of your progress and how we can evolve your treatment plan, a check in about how you have arrived on the day and any adjustments that need to be made to your treatment plan.
Your Acupuncutre session will incorporate techniques such as gua sha, cupping, and massage before acupuncture to enhance the effects on the meridians being targeted. I usually do both a font and back body treatment and use cupping liberally to help move blood and fluid and alleviate pain.
CHINESE MEDICINE MODALITIES USED IN TREAMTMENTS
Chinese Medicine approaches health holistically and uses different techniques to facilitate healing:
CM Herbs work synergistically. It is the dynamic relationship between the herbs in the formulas that makes prescriptions more balanced and allows for tailor-made scripts for the patient as their health continues to improve. The alchemy of formulas and the interactions between herbs make Chinese Medicine formulas especially potent and unique to other natural therapies. Herbs can be administered in raw form, granule, tincture, pills, external ointments for skin conditions.
Acupuncture Acupuncturists sense where the electrical pulse of the body is blocked or dull and use needles to bring the brain to body connection back into harmony. Each point on the body has a specific affect and can redirect energy to local or distant areas on the body’s inner geography. Some points act more superficially on the muscle layer for muscle trauma or acute injury, while other points dive deep into the body to release stagnation in layers far away from the surface of your skin. The insertion of the needle usually has some sensation, known as Da qi, but the treatment is virtually painless. The body and nervous system respond to the needles immediately and you can expect to have a deeply relaxing experience while your energy body is being rebalanced.
Moxabustion: Moxa is mugwort (Ai Ye) that is used to warm and move the blood. When burnt close to the skin, Moxa improves blood circulation and adds a nourishing warmth to someone that is deficient due to overwork, stress, taxation or prolonged cold diet.
Cups: Glass cups are warmed with fire and place on the skin, usually along the spine, buttocks or abdomen, to move blood and circulate the lymph. The suction created by the cup decompresses the tissue and pulls up stagnation of blood, damp, heat and lodged cold in the body.
Women’s health
Chinese medicine is an incredible gynaecological modalitiy to treat women’s health issues from menarch to menopause. Monica has a special interest treating Women's health from fertility, postpartum, IVF, menstrual disorders, endometriosis, amenorrhea, and menopause. The menstrual cycle is the branch symptom of a deeper pathology in the body. Herbal medicine plus regular acupuncture is the most effective way to ameliorate gynaecological imbalances in TCM practice, some of which have been present since menarche. Many imbalances, including long standing amenorrhea or stubborn infertility cases can be resolved in 3-6 months. For those undergoing IVF treatments, every case is treated individually and we will coach you on all aspects of your life to harmonise your hormones including diet, lifestyle, meditation, yoga, sleep, exercise and stress management.