Acupuncture
Fine needles are placed in chosen points — along the meridians and around the problem — to free the meridians, harmonise qi and blood, support the body and clear what troubles it. Besides traditional needling, the clinic uses abdominal and navel acupuncture.
Commonly used for headache and migraine, neck pain, frozen shoulder, back and leg pain, and for insomnia, anxiety, irregular periods, allergies and functional disorders.
- Needles stay in for about 20–30 minutes; most people feel only a mild ache
- Single-use sterile needles, to Australian health standards
Moxibustion
The warmth of burning moxa (mugwort) on the points warms the meridians, dispels cold, moves qi and strengthens yang. A moxa stick, moxa on a buffer or warm-needle moxibustion is chosen for the pattern and the constitution.
For cold and deficiency patterns — feeling the cold, cold period pain, chronic diarrhoea, cold aching joints — and long-term care after illness or childbirth; often together with acupuncture.
- It should feel warm, never burning
- Avoided in pregnancy and some heat patterns — the practitioner checks first
Cupping
Fire or suction cups hold to the skin by negative pressure — left in place or moved along — to move qi and blood, dispel wind and cold and release muscle tension.
Commonly used for neck, shoulder and back aches, a stiff neck, lower-back strain, the start of a cold and a damp constitution; the colour of the marks also helps read the state of qi, blood, cold and damp.
- The marks fade by themselves in 3–7 days
- Not for broken skin or clotting problems
Herbal medicine
The treatment follows the diagnosis and the formula follows the treatment. The clinic works with classical formulas and pulse diagnosis; herbs can be raw, to be decocted, or concentrated granules that dissolve in water — easy to take and to carry.
For women’s health, digestive, respiratory, skin and emotional patterns, and long-term care of a sub-healthy constitution. Phone consultations are mostly prescribed as granules, posted to your home.
- Herbs from compliant sources, as Australian regulation requires
- Tell us about any medicines or supplements you take, so the formula can be adjusted
Tuina & bone setting
Hands-on soft-tissue work and release, with Chinese bone setting and modern stretching and spinal work, to free stiff joints and strained muscles.
The clinic’s bone-setting and posture clinic corrects forward head, rounded shoulders, uneven shoulders, scoliosis, anterior pelvic tilt and leg-length difference step by step; it also treats sprains, joint pain, lower-back strain, tennis elbow, tenosynovitis and the after-effects of sports injuries.
- Done by an attending orthopaedic practitioner, after an assessment
- Wear loose clothing
