Oyster Shells & Dragon Bone - Chinese Medicine Clinic

Oyster Shells & Dragon Bone - Chinese Medicine Clinic Offering acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, shiatsu, cupping, as well as diet & lifestyle advice to improve and maintain your health.

Leela Klein is a graduate of the Southern School of Natural Therapies and holds a Bachelor of Health Science (Chinese Medicine). She is a registered with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) as well as the Australian Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Association (AACMA). She is also a qualified Shiatsu practitioner (European School of Shiatsu, Bill Palmer’s Movement Shiatsu

Post-graduate course), and used to be an Assistant teacher at the European School of Shiatsu in Brighton, England. Additionally, she is a qualified Reflexologist and Reiki Master. Leela’s treatments often combine bodywork with acupuncture, and ancillary techniques such as moxibustion, cupping, gua sha (scraping), as well as diet & lifestyle suggestions. She has a particular love and passion for Chinese herbal medicine and is eternally grateful for herbs such as “Mu Li & Long Gu” (Oyster Shells & Dragon Bone), calming herbs that helped her through intense study periods. Leela has a special interest in psycho-emotional disorders such as anxiety and depression, insomnia, Women’s Health, gastrointestinal concerns as well as autoimmune conditions. Leela has been a volunteer acupuncturist at Windana, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre in St Kilda, and is involved with the Buddhist Community at the Melbourne Buddhist Centre in Brunswick.

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I love herbs!!! Let’s talk about Dan Shen, or reg sage, which in Chinese medicine is used to regulate and invigorate blo...
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I love herbs!!!

Let’s talk about Dan Shen, or reg sage, which in Chinese medicine is used to regulate and invigorate blood, nourish and cool the blood, and calm the spirit.

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Which Chinese medicine herb would you like to hear about next? Comment below.

Welcome to the year of the snake - the wood snake! To find out more about what the snake signifies, and how to embrace t...
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Welcome to the year of the snake - the wood snake!

To find out more about what the snake signifies, and how to embrace the year ahead swipe left. ➡️

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I love talking about the Spleen and Stomach, and their ability to digest foods but also thoughts and emotions. Swipe to ...
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I love talking about the Spleen and Stomach, and their ability to digest foods but also thoughts and emotions.

Swipe to find out how you can support your digestive organs. ➡️

Have you ever wondered how acupuncture works? 📌 Swipe to find out more…
17/12/2024

Have you ever wondered how acupuncture works?

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Breakfasts are my favourite meal of the day… and not only because having to eat between 7am and 9am is so important in C...
14/11/2024

Breakfasts are my favourite meal of the day… and not only because having to eat between 7am and 9am is so important in Chinese medicine.

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I love talking about herbs! And especially this one! What is not to love about Wu Wei Zi?!!! 😍Swipe left to find out mor...
12/11/2024

I love talking about herbs! And especially this one! What is not to love about Wu Wei Zi?!!! 😍

Swipe left to find out more about this incredible herb! ➡️

DM me or book in online if you’d like some herbs to support your health.

I first discovered Steven Clavey through his books in our uni library, referencing his texts for pretty much every assig...
19/10/2024

I first discovered Steven Clavey through his books in our uni library, referencing his texts for pretty much every assignment I wrote. When it came to finding a clinic placement, I didn’t have to think twice about whom I would like to observe.

What was meant to be a three months placement ended up being three years observing him, learning from him, and finding my passion for herbs through him.

I was quite awestruck by his knowledge, and feel incredibly lucky and honoured to have learnt so much from him. A week doesn’t go by without me using one of his favourite herb combinations or formulae. And his formula for lower back pain is still the only thing that works for me!

I’ll forever cherish my time with him at The Apricot Grove… not just the learning, but also his dry, quirky sense of humour, his love for tea, the smell of herbs being prepared in the back, of ‘Chen Pi’ drying on the window sills, dispensing herbs with the traditional old scales, and piles and piles of herbs and books everywhere you looked.

At the beautiful memorial today, we got to pick books from his collection. I picked a herb book - naturally - and Wuthering Heights as the thought of Steven reading it made me smile. We talked so much about herbs… but I would loved to chat to him about Brontë sisters and my other favourite authors!

Thank you and farewell to an incredible teacher! You’ll be missed!

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Peri-menopause and menopause can be hard! Not only does your body change, your mind changes, and with it an emotional roller coaster can be unleashed.

But it’s not all bad. Menopause is a life transition and that offers challenges as well as gifts.

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I do love my herbs! 😊 When someone says vivid dreams, nightmares, or generally dream-disturbed sleep - this herb will g...
18/09/2024

I do love my herbs! 😊

When someone says vivid dreams, nightmares, or generally dream-disturbed sleep - this herb will go into the formula.

Swipe left for more info on Ye Jiao Teng ➡️

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810 High Street, Thornbury
Melbourne, VIC
3071

Opening Hours

Tuesday 10am - 8pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 2pm

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Leela Klein is a registered Acupuncturist and Chinese medicine herbalist (AHPRA: CMR0002167604, AACMA: 3510). She is also a qualified Shiatsu practitioner (with a post-grad in Movement Shiatsu), a Reflexologist and Reiki Master. Leela’s treatments often combine bodywork with acupuncture, and ancillary techniques such as moxibustion, cupping, gua sha (scraping), as well as diet & lifestyle suggestions. She has a particular love and passion for Chinese herbal medicine and is eternally grateful for herbs such as “Mu Li & Long Gu” (Oyster Shells & Dragon Bone), calming herbs that helped her through intense study periods. Leela has a special interest in psycho-emotional disorders such as anxiety and depression, insomnia, Women’s Health (e.g. pregnancy, menopause, period pain), gastrointestinal concerns as well as cancer support. Leela has been a volunteer acupuncturist at Windana, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre in St Kilda, and is involved with the Buddhist Community at the Melbourne Buddhist Centre in Brunswick.