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HUNGRY TIGER POUNCES UPON PREY
This Qi Gong posture comes from a form called the Shaolin Neigong, which was developed by monks in China at around 65 A.D. It was originally developed as part of a fighting technique, but it was subsequently realised that such postures brought internal health to particular organs and systems in the body. Many of these… Continue reading
Phoenix Spreads Its Wings
This Qi Gong posture comes from a form called the Shaolin Neigong, which was developed by monks in China at around 65 A.D. It was originally developed as part of a fighting technique, but it was subsequently realised that such postures brought internal health to particular organs and systems in the body. Many of these… Continue reading
FIVE ELEMENT MEDITATION
This is a form of Qi Gong that serves to protect us against any hostile energy, whether it be a physical threat, emotional, colds and viruses, or any negative influence. In ancient China, it was used by practitioners entering areas with epidemics.
The more you are able to visualise as you carry this out, the… Continue reading
The Five Elements
This five elements are used, in both Chinese culture and philosophy and in Chinese medicine specifically, to describe all aspects of natural phenomena. Each element refers to certain aspects of nature and existence. The five elements are Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water.
WOOD
Wood relates to Spring and has an outward momentum. The colour… Continue reading
Alternative To Medical Induction
There are many reasons why a medical induction may be recommended. These include when a pregnancy has gone post-term, if there is premature rupture of the membranes, various health factors affecting the mother, and if the uterine environment is no longer considered healthy.
Medical induction usually involves the administration of synthetic prostaglandin to induce labour… Continue reading
Patient Testimonial
This testimonial was posted on www.lacartes.com
Zee wrote a review of London Acupuncture Therapy Low-Cost Clinic:
Mark helped me feel at ease during my treatment for acute knee pain. I was amazed that a 5 year problem disappeared after acupuncture. For years I had struggled to walk uphill, and for long distances and now I… Continue reading
Mother Warming Treatment
This is a traditional Chinese technique to help recovery following childbirth and to begin to restore the mother’s energy. And the best news of all is that it does not actually involve needles! With the mother warming technique, a stick of a herb called Moxa is used to lightly warm some points on the abdomen… Continue reading
TREATING SUB-FERTILITY IN MEN
When I was a student of traditional Chinese medicine, my favourite teacher once remarked that, in her experience of working with couples struggling to conceive, time and again she found a recurring pattern. The women tended to be energetically cold, and the men tended to be energetically hot.
Whilst there have been enormous advances in… Continue reading
ACUPUNCTURE RECOMMENDED BY NICE FOR TENSION-TYPE HEADACHES & MIGRAINE
NICE (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence), the major commissioning body for healthcare in the UK, has published findings that medication overuse is one of the most common causes of headaches affecting about one in fifty people.
Women are five times more likely to suffer from these.
Based upon its own research, NICE… Continue reading
