Acupuncture and moxibustion has been used for thousands of years to turn breech babies. In most Western countries the breech position is an indication for elective c-section. Acupuncture and moxibustion is a valid option for women willing to experience a natural birth. It is absolutely safe to both the mother and child. Needles are placed in the arms legs and feet – never in the abdomen. High success rate when patients attend as soon as they...

I woke up this morning with a sore throat and the first thing I did was go and dissolve some Ban Lan Gen granules in some hot water and drink. Ban Lan Gen is always in my cupboard and everyone in my family has used it for this reason whether they be a toddler or adult. It would actually rate as high in my medicine cabinet. And this is why! Its botanical name is isatis and its function from a chinese herbal point of view is to clear heat. By this...

As a woman who is now in my fourties I am really sitting up and hearing the changes in my own body. Yes, by that I mean the ticking clock otherwise known as my hormones are starting to give out mini alarms. Oh NO! I am on the road to the dreaded menopause. But, Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine is wonderful at helping this natural state. For example: Lets talk about that awful sense of heat in the perimenopausal stage that strikes you,...

Fibromyalgia is the most common arthritis-related illness after osteoarthritis. Most suffering with it are women ranging in age from 25 to 60. Women are 10 times more likely to get this disease than men.It is a medically unexplained syndrome characterized by chronic widespread pain, a heightened and painful response to pressure, insomnia, fatigue, and depression. Fibromyalgia causes the sufferer to ache all over. There is always a sense of...