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Hearts, Transplants & Chinese Medicine!
I recently read that the personality of heart transplant patients can change in ways that reflect the personality of their organ donor....
Apr 28, 2023


Why Explaining Acupuncture Seems so Hard
For many people acupuncture is an unfamiliar idea and so part of my job is to explain what I do and why its works. Doesn’t sound so hard...
Mar 9, 2023


Why Good Health Begins in our Heads!
“Its not the years in your life that count. Its the life in your years” Dr Edward Stieglitz The Yangsheng or Nourishing Life tradition...
Feb 23, 2023


Why Acupuncture Works for Mental Health
A while ago I was chatting with my father-in-law and mentioned that acupuncture can be very effective for things like depression and...
Jan 6, 2023


Acupuncture and the Treatment of Migraine
A brief look at migraines and why acupuncture might provide effective treatment with lasting effects,
Oct 26, 2021


'Excessive Use of the Eyes Injures the Heart.' Or, It’s All Nonsense Until its Suddenly Not!
A look at the first of the 'Five Taxations' and how recent research seems to support this ancient observation.
Sep 29, 2021


Insomnia and Chinese Medicine
Somewhere near the beginning of the film Fight Club Edward Norton’s character observes that “when you have insomnia you’re never really...
Sep 6, 2021


Depression from the Perspective of Chinese Medicine
A brief look at how 5 Element acupuncture can provide effective and empowering treatment for depression
Jul 23, 2021


What The Hell Does ‘Holistic’ Mean?
I sometimes feel that for many complementary therapists the word ‘holistic’ serves as an incantation invoking some unspecified power for...
Jul 2, 2021


Acupuncture, Poetry and Perception
I’ve recently started working from a new clinic and decided I wanted to have something on the wall that said something about what it is...
Apr 20, 2021


Possession: A Poetic Response
This poem was written by a patient following a treatment for a state of the body/mind called possession in the 5 Element tradition.
Apr 2, 2021


What is 5 Element Acupuncture ?
An introduction to the ideas and work of J.R. Worsley 5 Element acupuncture as practised in the West is a style of acupuncture formalised...
Mar 11, 2021

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