Mucus Mayhem – Home Remedies for Phlegm and Mucus in Kids
It’s coming to that time of year again where the mucus just starts to stream from your kids’ faces. Phlegm starts to set in and they become grumpy, run down and susceptible to even nastier conditions. Personally I get anxious just thinking about it. The weather has cooled, the onslaught of viruses is […]
Reducing Anxiety in Pregnancy
If ever there is a time that anxiety can surface, pregnancy is a biggie. All of sudden you have so many more things to worry about. Can you feel your baby move? Are you eating the right things for you and baby? Are you thinking the right things? Are you getting enough exercise and of […]
Acupuncture and IVF
Acupuncture and IVF aren’t always uttered in the same sentence. When you think of IVF, you don’t necessarily think of acupuncture, and yet acupuncture and IVF often go hand in hand. IVF is a process most couples don’t want to go through if they can help it. Having said that, many couples are profoundly grateful […]
How To Conceive A Healthy Baby
You might have never considered that there are things you can do to conceive a healthy baby. Your body knows what to do, right? There’s just the small matter of some hanky panky and the rest is out of your hands? Wrong. Here are some important things to consider to give your body the best […]
3 Hot Tips for Birth Prep
I have seen many pregnant women come through our clinic who I have helped prepare for birth. It is in the thousands by now! I’ve given birth thrice myself and I’ve been to two births. I’m incredibly passionate about birth for reasons that would take another blog post entirely to explain (and I just might […]
Acupuncture and Acupressure for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Carpal tunnel syndrome can be painful and it can stop you from doing so much. From a Chinese medical point of view, carpal tunnel is caused by increased heat and damp in the wrist region, which we commonly know as inflammation and swelling. This can irritate and compress the median nerve that runs through the […]
Less is More – Normal Labour and Birth Conference 2016 Wrap-Up
“Less is more” was the take-home message for me from the 11th International Normal Labour and Birth Conference where professionals from 20 different countries converged from 10–13 October 2016. Professors, midwives, obstetricians, doctors, epigeneticists and more were presenting their latest research on the many different aspects of childbirth. Medical Intervention in Childbirth: Less is More […]
Follow the Path With Heart: The Role of Emotion in Chinese Medicine
It is said you can die from extreme joy. It’s hard to believe, isn’t it? Sometimes people can feel joy in such a big burst that it can give rise to a heart attack, like a soccer fan at a football match. Unfortunately this happens from time to time. In Chinese medicine, joy is the […]
Mama Overwhelm – Tips for Tiny Moments of Peace
Mama overwhelm can happen at any stage of the parenting game. I remember like it was yesterday when my first-born was just a babe. Having a complete cup of tea to myself was heaven! Now’s she’s about to turn eight and the youngest one is four and everything does feel like it’s barrelling along […]