Postoperative nausea and vomiting affects 30% of general surgery patients, and in high-risk patients can occur in up to 80%. This is the leading cause of failed discharge and hospital readmission. Females are at greater risk of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV), as are those with a history of previous incidence or motion sickness. Many… Continue reading →

It must be said that some of my colleagues who work in acupuncture and other fields of traditional Chinese medicine can sometimes be a bit dismissive of, or confrontational with, conventional western medicine. I personally have no time for this and do not see what I do as being in competition with western medicine –… Continue reading →

The electrical activity of the heart has been studied since the late nineteenth century, and ECGs are routinely used to monitor its electrical activity on the body surface. So far, so mainstream. What is less well-known is that, like all the organs in the body, the heart has an electromagnetic field which extends beyond its… Continue reading →

Whenever you have an acupuncture treatment here in the UK, as laid down in the current BSI standards publication, needles should conform to BS ISO 17218:2014 and should say ‘Sterile acupuncture needles for single use’. This standard is not currently mandatory for the manufacture of acupuncture needles, but this is the gold standard for health… Continue reading →

Last year, I completed two courses at the London College of Massage. Alongside acupuncture, I am now practising Swedish therapeutic and deep tissue massage at the Greenwich Natural Health Centre every Tuesday and Sunday. Full details of times and costs will appear here on the website shortly, but in the meantime, please feel free to contact me if you have any questions about this.

“Words exist to express ideas, once we understand the ideas we can forget the words.”

The Daoist philosopher Chuangzi taught this. Once you get his point, please forget that you read it here.

I came across this new acupuncture protocol recently. It involves six acupuncture points, three on each thigh. It is named after a four-horse carriage, which is a useful metaphor for the purportedly strong and lasting effects of these points.

Dr Tung was a traditional Chinese physician from Shandong Province who was famous for miraculous and… Continue reading →

Following on from earlier work by Nikola Tesla, the German physicist, Professor WO Schumann predicted in the mid-twentieth century that there are electrical standing waves in the atmosphere and discovered that the earth’s ionosphere produces a very specific pulsation. In 1954, measurements taken by Schumann and Dr Herbert Konig confirmed an earth frequency of 7.83Hz.… Continue reading →

In 443, Emperor Wendi’s physician, Qin Cheng-zu persuaded him to found a medical school, and this was the first state college for the teaching of acupuncture and other forms of medicine. Sadly, wars and imperial bankruptcy intervened, and the school was forced to close. In 581, however, the idea was revived and the Tai Yi… Continue reading →

As mentioned here in this blog before, the clinic where I work in Greenwich has sponsored the training of a guide dog for the blind and visually-impaired. Her name is Cally, and she is gorgeous. Here is the latest update I have received about how her training is proceeding:

Cally is now 9 months old… Continue reading →