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Advice for spring!

Today is the Spring Equinox for 2017, the day when Spring officially starts in the Northern hemisphere. So how can you put a spring in your step? The ancient Chinese had some sage advice for this time of year… ‘The months of the...

Do you have headaches or migraines?

Headache is a common problem and there are 19,000 migraine attacks every day in the UK. Headaches are not only painful, they can be disabling and have a tremendous impact on a person’s work and social life. They also have a significant economic...

Books that heal

If you have children to look after then you might see World Book Day as an impending night of frantic fancy dress costume making so, along with the team at the Therapy Rooms, I thought I would offer an alternative and create a space to discuss...

Matters of the heart

Across cultures the heart is a symbol of love and this is true in Chinese medicine too. It is at the centre of our relationships with others, allowing us to give and receive love, both human and divine. The ancient Chinese used the analogy of the...

Thoughts on ‘Illness’ by Havi Carel

Christmas has always been for me an opportunity to catch up on some reading that I have been too busy for in the year and this year I have been lucky enough to discover a book called Illness by the philosophy lecturer Havi Carel. Carel combines...

Five Reasons to Choose Acupuncture

Below is my article published in the Tenby Observer this week … If you are living with conditions that are limiting your life, then there are many reasons to choose acupuncture, as Rachel Edney, a qualified acupuncturist working in...

How to thrive at harvest time

I thought I would share my top tips for feeling great during the beautiful harvest time. In Chinese medicine we call the energy of harvest time earth energy and it is concentrated in our stomach and spleen meridians (the channels of energy that...

Healing saddle sores with moxa

This week I have been treating saddle sores with the herb moxa with considerable success. After just two applications the sore reduced in size, was much less red and the cyclist said that it felt significantly more comfortable. Although moxa has...