Christopher Booth Acupuncture & Chinese Herbal Medicine

03/09/2025

🌿 Get Ahead of Hay Fever This Season 🌿

In traditional East Asian medicine, when it comes disease prevention, wise old proverbs like “Do not wait until war has begun to forge your weapons” and “Do not wait until you are thirsty to dig a well” are used.

These timeless sayings remind us that the best time to prepare is before the challenge arrives. If you experience seasonal allergies, now is the time to prepare your body—before pollen season peaks.

Acupuncture can help:
✅ Balance your immune system
✅ Calm sneezing, congestion & itchy eyes
✅ Strengthen your Lung & Spleen systems to handle seasonal change

📅 Suggested plan:
• Weekly treatments for 3–4 weeks before symptoms start
• Optional maintenance through the season
• Combine with breathing exercises, mindful eating & movement

Let’s prepare your body now—so you can enjoy spring with fewer tablets, sprays & tissues.

📞 Call 02 6361 9069 to book your session today.

Chris

06/08/2025

Movement generates Yang

….is a wise old saying of Chinese medicine. Yang is the spark, warmth, activity, function, awareness, consciousness applied to an otherwise lifeless mass of material (Yin), to give life. This saying very simply highlights the importance of movement for recovery from illness, health maintenance and longevity.

We must move. At all costs. Every day.

If you’re old, injured, or unwell — just do what you can. If it’s cold or wet, layer up or move indoors. It doesn’t have to cost anything.

Now in modern times, we know that:

Muscle mass is associated with longevity
Balance and coordination allows you to move with confidence and prevents falls
Exercise reduces the risk of most of the big chronic illnesses
Exercise improves glucose metabolism
It keeps your weight down
It improves your sleep
It improves your memory and mental sharpness
It lifts your mood
It boosts your energy levels and immune system

If you are in reasonably good health, go for a diversity in your movement. Walk, play a sport, lift weights, stretch, do some low level cardio. But at the end of the day, movement is just anything that opposes inactivity.

We were never designed to be sedentary.

30/07/2025

Sorry folks ...

14/07/2025

If you, or someone close to you, struggles with regular headaches or migraines, give us a call to begin treatment today. For more information, visit the full article below.

Headaches and Migraines - read the full article here and learn more about TCM techniques and methodology.

02/07/2025

I get a lot of questions about dry needling. My high level answer is that dry needling is just a very narrow slice of what acupuncture can offer. For a more detailed answer you can find my acupuncturist's take here: https://www.orangechinesemedicine.com.au/dry-needling

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Acupuncture and herbal medicine in Orange (02 6362 9069) and Bathurst (02 6332 1511).

11/06/2025

Chronic fatigue comes in so many forms and varieties. Broader than Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), it includes any persistent tiredness and can certainly be associated with any one of a long list of other illnesses.

Chinese medicine has been treating the full spectrum of chronic fatigue, using acupuncture and herbal medicine, for well over 2000 years and understands that every case has it's own unique back story, symptom picture and complexity.

I offer acupuncture and herbal medicine services from clinics in Orange and Bathurst and have over 25 years of experience in treating patients with ongoing fatigue. Please don't hesitate to get in touch with any questions, or call for an appointment.

https://www.orangechinesemedicine.com.au/specialty-areas/chronic-fatigue/

11/06/2025

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05/06/2025

Enjoy the long weekend People! Back on Tuesday.

04/06/2025

A classical Han dynasty herb prescription for early stage tonsilitis. Love using raw herbs, especially for acute conditions.