TCM Acupuncture Perth

08/09/2025

Back Pain and Acupuncture

Do you suffer from a stabbing pain between your shoulder blades? Or a niggling sensation in your lumbar area? Back pain can take up so many different shapes and forms.

In Chinese medicine, back pain is either a stagnation of Qi (Energy) and Blood, or a deficiency. Location and type of pain, reaction to heat or cold, duration (chronic or acute pain) can tell you a lot about the origin of the problem.

(Electro-)acupuncture, cupping, sometimes moxa, and even herbal formulas can help moving that stagnation and nourish and tonify the affected area.

01/09/2025

Spring – the Time of Growth 🌷

Spring is slowly starting to transform the landscape as the first rays of sunshine are warming the air after what feels like.. Weeks..?? Months..??
Dominant Chinese medicine organ: Liver=>
+ Growth, new Energy
- Often affected: Stress, Headaches, Tendons, Nails, Eyes, TMJ, Digestion
Acupuncture and herbs can help move that new Spring energy, so it does not stagnate and start causing problems ❤️

25/08/2025

It's August .. get ready for Spring POLLEN

Nobody thinks about hay fever in the middle of all that rain right now. Though NOW is the time to strengthen your Wei Qi (Defence Energy) to fight off all those aggressors that agitate your immune system in Spring.
Chinese herbs and acupuncture will help you deal with the acute symptoms, but now is the time to work on your Wei Qi to minimize those symptoms in the first place.

28/04/2025

EARLY PERIODS
Recurring early periods are a nuisance and they are also bad for your health.
In Chinese medicine, recurrent early periods are caused by:

Qi deficiency – Think of a water pipe that has holes and water keeps seeping constantly .. not a lot, but a continuous drain

Heat in the Blood – This time the pipe is exposed to too much pressure (caused by Heat) and at some stage, it will just burst

=> You have to strengthen Qi or cool the Blood – often both
=> Herbs and Acupuncture for the win!! 😊

04/03/2025

Cupping – Tool of the Gods
Cupping was already used as a medicinal tool in ancient Egypt as these two cups that are carved into stone in the temple of Kom Ombo in Aswan, Egypt, show.

The temple itself was built around 100BC and this section of it is all about medicine, medicinal tools, and – cups!

24/02/2025

Now with hot summers, fizzy, sugary, and often, alcoholic drinks are more tempting than ever..

Be careful not to overdo it in neither the sugar nor the alcohol department. And don’t be taken in by the calorie numbers .. it is much easier to finish a bottle of red than a bottle of apple juice ..

If you would like to stay with juices and want to cut down on calories, mix your juice with sparkling water. It will still taste fresh and sweet, but you will cut down the calorie intake in half.

Also, a glass of cold peppermint/black tea – even with a spoon of sugar – will contain much less calories than any fizzy/fuzzy alternative.

Or go with something completely different, like buttermilk (101calories..)

19/02/2025

03/02/2025

New Beginnings .. make one Health Decision count

According to the Chinese calendar, last week started the Year of the Wood-Snake; The Snake is tenacious, intelligent, with keen insight, while Wood represents growth, expansion, flexibility.

It is also the end of the summer holidays with schools starting now. You will have more time to use that Snake drive to focus on those pesky (New Year’s) health targets 😉
What will it be:
Less alcohol, the often-announced walk after dinner, that Saturday morning yoga class, a book instead of the mobile phone before sleep?
You decide, but .. MAKE IT COUNT ❤️

13/12/2024

The clinic is closed and will re-open again on January 14th, 2025.
I thank you all regarding your enthusiasm for all things involving Chinese medicine and wish you a happy, healthy, and peaceful festive season and Year 2025 ❤️😊
//Farida

07/10/2024

DID YOU KNOW THAT ..?

A bad posture while being on the computer/ mobile can increase the force on your neck to about 27kg?
No wonder that poor neck complains after a while ..
So, stretch, rotate your neck and shoulders, relax those muscles in regular intervals and, before it becomes a chronic issue .. regular acupuncture 😊

02/09/2024

Star Anise – the perfect Winter herb

Star anise (or ‘Ba Jiao Hui Xiang’ if you want to impress your friends 😊) is your perfect addition to foods during the cold Winter months. It disperses cold and warms the interior. It also moves the Qi (energy) in your digestive area, making it ideal for abdominal pain/colic, nausea or vomiting – especially if they are caused by Cold.
Good to know: Star anise is one of the ‘five-spice powder’ ingredients.