March 2016 – Metro Health & Medicine

5 Element Personality Test

adminMarch 30, 2016January 21, 2019100-Years Lifestyle, self discovery5 element aupuncture, 5 elements, acupuncture north perth, chinese medicine, earth, fire, five elements, metal, TCM, water, wood, wu xing

The Wu Xing, means 5 phases or 5 elements, and it’s a big part of Chinese Medicine. One style of Chinese medicine purports that people have a particular element they gravitate towards. There is an online study that can be taken to help you discover which elements best describe you.. At the end of the […]

Prevent Easter DIY back injury

adminMarch 24, 2016Back Pain, Front Page second down, Pain

Got big plans this Easter long weekend? Whether your going camping with the family, planning on doing some extra DIY or just having a few days of R&R around the house, we here at Metro Health hope you have an enjoyable Easter weekend. It can be really annoying than when your body can’t keep up […]

How much sleep do you really need?

adminMarch 24, 2016August 6, 2018Chinese Medicine, Seasonal Lifestyledo people hibernate in winter?, how much sleep do humans need, how much sleep do people need?, insomnia, seasonal life, Seasonal sleep, sleep in summer, sleep winter, sleeping problem, why do i wake up early sometimes, winter hybernation

It might surprise you that Chinese medicine promotes the concept that we don’t always need the same amount of sleep all the time. Just as the season change, so too should our body. In Perth right now, its summer – the hot days and warm nights mean it’s hard to fall asleep early. That’s ok! […]

Chinese Diet Therapy

adminMarch 24, 2016July 19, 2018Foods are MedicineChinese Medicine diet, Chinese Nutrition Therapy, cooked foods diet, marie hopkinson, seasonal diet, seasonal eating, TCM

Chinese Diet Therapy is about using foods for their properties – flavours and natures rather than a nutritional compound value (as a western nutritionist does). Everything is based on Chinese Medicine philosophy. Traditionally, diet therapy has two uses: Foods can be used to address a particular symptom of an illness Foods can be used […]

Diagnosis

adminMarch 24, 2016June 12, 2017Chinese Medicineacupuncture, Chinese medicine diagnosis, pulse diagnosis, TCM diagnosis, tongue diagnosis

What is the Chinese Medicine Diagnosis? This is the fundamental key of any good treatment is to start with the right diagnosis, and Chinese Medicine is no different. As it’s a different system of medicine altogether seperate from Western medicine (or biomedicine) the cause of a patients symptoms will be seen differently. The methods used […]

Headaches

adminMarch 24, 2016July 16, 2018Chinese Medicine, PainHeadache, migraine, natural pain treatment, stop headache pain

Headaches are a common symptom seen by Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine practitioners. As with all conditions, the way a Chinese Medicine practitioner approaches the treatment of headaches is to first establish the Chinese medicine diagnosis. Once a diagnosis has been made, the treatment is based on re-balancing the body, often headaches can be addressed […]

Autumn Huang Qi Hotpot

adminMarch 1, 2016March 6, 2017Foods are Medicine, Front Page second down, Recipies, Seasonal Approach to Chinese Medicineautumn dryness, autumn food, autumn recipies, bland food, chinese diet therapy, Chinese herbal medicine, cooking with herbs, Earth Element, eating according to the season, five elements, food that tonifies spleen qi, healthy food, huang qi, marie hopkinson, seasonal eating, tonify spleen

This simple, Autumn Huang Qi Hotpot can be made as a soup or chowder-type casserole dish and can transition the body through the Autumn to winter seasons. Also It’s Paleo, Vegetarian and Vegan friendly. Season: Autumn, Winter Flavours: Sweet Element: EARTH Purpose: Nourish the Spleen and Stomach, Can be modified for Liver Energy (Qi) Stagnation, Dampness […]