Ayurvedic Prenatal Diet and Lifestyle for Women
I’m excited to share with you a local treasure – a highly experienced, integrative GP, Dr Barri Phatarfod, who is based in Albemarle Medical Practice, Rose Bay. Barri has studied Ayurveda, and many of you will be thrilled to hear that she is also a part of the Antenatal Shared Care program at Royal Hospital […]
Natural Flu Remedies to Boost Immunity and Speed Up Recovery
I’ve been asked many times what I do when I get sick. So in the thick of flu season, I thought I’d spill the beans on the natural flu remedies I arm myself with. When I was a teen, as soon as a cold or flu approached I armed myself with Codral cold […]
Our Virtual Red Tent – How the Book ‘The Red Tent’ Inspired Us
This story goes quite a way back. It starts with Naomi asking me to join a clinic she was forming in Woollahra way back in 2009. Both she and I had been running our own acupuncture businesses separately for some time. She’d decided she didn’t want to work alone anymore and so had hand-picked […]
Eating for Pleasure: Coconut Oil, Weight Loss and the Myth of Restrictive Dieting
By nutritionist Miriam Pollak I recently engaged in an online chat about coconut oil with my colleague, Naomi Abeshouse. It went something like this: Am I going to get fried for saying this in our health-conscious community? … I am really sick of coconut oil! I don’t like its aftertaste, and it feels heavy. I […]
International Women’s Day 2016 – Pledge for Parity
I often chat with clients as they lay on the treatment table and there is a common theme that plays out. A lady is pregnant in a high-powered career, she has her baby, then is looking at going back to work and realises how inflexible the arrangement is and how it’s going to negatively impact […]
Three Natural Hayfever Remedies to Combat Seasonal Allergies
The winds are up and the weather is changing from hot to cold to rainy, all in one day. The pollen is flying like crazy. ‘Tis the season to be sneezy! You want some relief, but you prefer natural hayfever remedies to pharmaceuticals wherever possible. So what can you do about managing your allergies to […]
Traditional Chinese Postnatal Soup
To congratulate Naomi on the birth of gorgeous baby Koben, I wanted to make this traditional Chinese postnatal soup with the help of my mother-in-law Kim. It’s packed full of protein and warming food properties that are so good for a mother’s milk, energy and blood. It will help her to recover and replenish […]
7 Ways to Keep Well in Winter
As a Chinese medicine practitioner, I love to think about how the external environment and seasons affect us. It can be a challenge to keep well in winter. Colds and flus are everywhere, and most people have bouts of feeling low energy, run down and flat. It is easy to fall into the pit of […]
Overcoming a Winter Cough, Cold or Flu with Chinese Medicine – 6 Steps to Keep the Bugs at Bay
It’s that time of year again isn’t it – snotty noses, headaches, sore throats – it’s enough to want to make you sneeze. Chinese medicine can help prevent those cold-weather bugs from invading, and ease the severity if a cough, cold or flu does take hold. So I thought I’d give you the heads-up on what to […]