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What you need to know about Dampness

Damp or dampness is a name you will probably hear frequently from your Chinese medicine (CM) practitioner. Before you discovered CM you probably never heard of dampness. It’s a concept that is unique to CM, today Herbalist Marie Hopkinson talks about damp, and everyone should know about Dampness. Firstly, damp is one of six pathogenic […]

Acupuncture just as good as Placebo?

This is a comment by Acupuncturist, Marie Hopkinson on Today’s news reporting on a recent study for Acupuncture in the treatment of hot flushes. Reported by ABC  “Real and fake acupuncture both ease the symptoms of menopausal hot flushes: study” and even in a very limited “article” in the West Australian today: The current published report […]

Need more Energy?

Could you use some more energy?  Energy is a central focus of Chinese Medicine. In the clinic it’s common to hear people say they feel tired, or even just that they could use some more energy. Energy is called Qi (pronounced Chee) in Chinese medicine. Although Qi is more than the ideas that the English […]

Concession Day Acupuncture

Concession Acupuncture – Available Fridays at Metro Health with Marie Hopkinson.  To support all our patients who are going through a hard time financially, pensioners or health care card holders Marie offers $40 acupuncture treatments on Fridays. Call us to see if your eligible and to make an appointment. Clinic is open Fridays, 8am – […]

Easy Slow Cooked Osso Bucco – Paleo Tonic

This easy to make recipe is natural, healthy and Paleo and it’s easy – only takes 10 minutes to prepare, you can buy all the ingredients at your local supermarket and it’s extremely healthy according to the ancient wisdom of Chinese Medicine. Overall, this recipie is a tonic which nourishes Blood and tonifies the Spleen […]

Live a better life with Chinese Medicine

Chinese medicine is founded on major prevention and health promoting principals: It’s the practitioners job to keep you healthy, rather than just focus on the health problem you have now Chinese medicine sees more inter-connections in the body than mainstream medicine (biomedicine or western medicine). A practitioner looks for how Chinese medicine follows ancient wisdom […]

Podcast: Does Acupuncture hurt?

Does Acupuncture Hurt?  Marie discusses this common question:   What is it like to have acupuncture? Will sticking needles into me be painful? This is a great question, and a very simple explanation of how acupuncture needles work will help you feel more at ease if it’s your first time to consider seeing an Acupuncturist.  Answering […]

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