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Apr 28, 2023
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....
Mar 9, 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...
Feb 23, 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...
Jan 6, 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...
Oct 26, 2021
Acupuncture and the Treatment of Migraine
A brief look at migraines and why acupuncture might provide effective treatment with lasting effects,
Sep 29, 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 6, 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...
Jul 23, 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 2, 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...
Apr 20, 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 2, 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.
Mar 11, 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...
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