Plantar Fasciitis - Common Reason for Heel Pain We rely on and use our feet constantly. They are the source of our transport from place to place, the means to our movement in sport, dance, recreation, fitness and work. They enable our bodies to balance, move, jump, sprint and carry immense loads of weight whilst navigating the terrain they land on. For most, we won’t experience heel pain. But for a big portion of the population, heel pain can be an immense disruption to our daily routine. Heel pain can have many clinical presentations. For the purpose here we will look at Plantar Fasciitis, it ..read more

As the weather warms up and the Spring wind of Melbourne blows right onto your face, you don't feel like Pocahontas- standing on the edge of a cliff, singing your heart out. All you have is frustration. Your eyes have turned red, itchy and watery, you can't stop sneezing, your nose runs and you sneeze none stop. Everyone arounds thinks that you have COVID-19. #gettested #becauseyoudontknow #covidtimes You reach for your antihistamine but it only last for 4 hours and you still feel like rubbish. That sucks. I know. Hay Fever in Chinese Medicine Hay Fever is seen as an invasion of 'Wind' into t ..read more

Chinese Medicine & Sleep According to Chinese Medicine, day time is Yang and night time is Yin. One must have sufficient Yang Qi (energy) to function during the day; at night, one must have sufficient Yin fluids to allow the Spirit to rest at night. Therefore, it is important for a Chinese Medicine practitioner to identify what the causes of your insomnia is before providing the right treatment. A Chinese Medicine practitioner will very often go through a whole list of questions to help us identify the causes of your insomnia. Question 1 - "How is your sleep?" This is one of the many ques ..read more

In the past 5 years of practicing, my clients have found themselves bringing their children to the clinic with all types of different ailments. Fortunately, the child who attended their appointment always leave the clinic feeling good. I see paediatric clients ranging from babies, children and teenagers in the clinic. They often present with different physical conditions e.g bedwetting, eczema, broken ankle, post gastro, eating disorder, 'big' emotions a.k.a bouts of anger, ADHD, ADD, headaches, back pain, long term abdominal pain, poor appetite, post cold/flu, chronic cough, etc. Most of them ..read more

Best wishes and a happy new year 2023. As the year begins, we tend to look for a ‘fresh’ start- A time when we write down our new year with ‘new’ resolutions. This year, I would like to invite you to work on what you already are or have- Yourself. Make this a year that you love yourself. How do you love yourself? Honour your heart. -Learn to say no to things that don’t honour you; say yes to things that secretly makes your heart sings Honour your spiritual side. -Attend to your spiritual needs if it means to read your Bible, chant your mantras, listen to your podcasts, attend a gathering wit ..read more

I have a great mum! She is just wonderful Every time someone asks me about my mum, this is how it goes… Mum was a full time teacher and a mother of 3. Every morning, she would wake up before anyone else does in the family to make us hot breakfast and lunch. “Big deal!”, you say. “Everyone who was lucky enough has a mum like that!” BUT! No! Sorry! my mum is better than yours At 6am in the morning (sometimes 5am), she would be making us hot meals like a stirred fried noodles, noodle soups, Nasi Lemak, chicken rice, porridge, curry chicken jaffles, vegetarian baos and etc. That was our lunch box ..read more

Why is breakfast the most important meal of the day? Back in the old days, people would get up early when the sun rises and retire when the sun goes down. When they get up in the morning, eating breakfast would be the most important thing to do. The first meal of the day provides them energy to get them through a hard and long day of farm & labouring work. Chinese Body Clock According to the Chinese Body Clock, our Stomach and Spleen is the strongest at 7am-11am. This is the time when food will be digested and processed, in turn we get energy from the food we eat. But I am not hungry when ..read more

Have you heard of your TCM practitioner say to you that you are Blood deficient? You say, ' I had a blood test done last week. My GP said it is good, everything is within the normal range.' As Chinese Medicine practitioners, we diagnose Blood deficiency or Blood Xu in a very different way to how a GP or Western Medicine doctor would. Blood test in the hospital setting My past experience working as a Registered Nurse in Emergency and Intensive care has showed me the importance of bloods results. The very first thing I usually do, after checking a patient's vital signs at the hospital is take s ..read more

Autumn has now arrived in Melbourne. According to the 5 elements theory, this is the season of Metal. The organs that are associated to Metal are Lungs and Large Intestines. Why Metal? Metal elements are the minerals that are found in Earth. As the leaves fall off the trees, they rot and turn into nutrients for the Mother Earth. How to look after your mental and physical health in Autumn? 1. Time to get organised in Autumn Metal is not only structured, but it presents itself in a strong organised form. Therefore, autumn is the time to get organised. Animals starts to collect food and getting ..read more

Do you remember those days when you had long, luscious amount of healthy hair? Yes, you can have it back! Hair loss, alopecia, bald spots occurs for different reasons in Chinese Medicine. Did you know that your Lungs, Kidneys, Liver and Spleen have everything to do with your hair? The Lungs are in charge of distributing Qi (energy) in the body. When you lack energy, there would be an abnormal diffusion of Qi and fluids to the skin and body. This lack of nourishment and moisture causes your hair to have a brittle and dry quality. Good energy in the body allows the Qi to diffuse evenly to the s ..read more