ORA Acupuncture

29/04/2025

This is right up there with my TCM approved meals.

Warm, slow cooked with a side of barley ✅✅✅

27/04/2025

👩🏻‍⚕️Me during tongue diagnosis:
👀 “Tell me ALL your secrets...”

If you’ve ever had acupuncture, you might have noticed we ask you to stick out your tongue before we even touch a needle — but it’s not just for fun 😁

In Chinese Medicine, your tongue is like a map of your body’s internal health 👅

We check it for clues about things that might not show up in other ways — things like:

🔎 The colour – Is it pale, red, purple? This tells us about circulation, temperature imbalances, or if there’s deficiency.

🔎 The shape – Is it swollen, thin, has teeth marks? This can point to fluid retention, digestion issues, or general vitality.

🔎 The coating – Thick, thin, white, yellow, or patchy? This shows us how your digestion is working and whether there’s heat, cold, dampness, or dryness affecting you.

🔎 The texture and cracks – These little details reveal chronic imbalances, stress patterns, and even how your energy (Qi) is flowing.

Every tongue is unique — and it changes! That’s why we check it at each visit.
It helps us fine-tune your treatment and get even better results.

So next time your acupuncturist says, “stick out your tongue”, know we’re reading the story your body is telling.

And yes, we think your tongue is beautiful. 💖👅

16/04/2025

Is Your Baby Breech? Let’s Help Them Turn Naturally ✨

🤰🏻Around 3–4% of single pregnancies are breech (bottom-down) at full term. Certain factors — like an unusually shaped uterus, baby’s muscle tone, congenital conditions, uterine fibroids, placenta praevia, being born early, twins or more, or too much or too little amniotic fluid — can increase the chances of a breech position.

🤰🏻 Acupuncture and moxibustion offer a safe, gentle, and evidence-based option to encourage baby to turn head-down — potentially reducing the need for medical intervention.

🌿 Moxibustion is most effective between 33–34 weeks and is used daily for ten consecutive days with a simple take-home treatment after your in-clinic session.

✨ Many mums notice increased baby movement during and after treatment!

Curious to try it? Book your breech support session today — let’s give your baby the best chance to head south naturally.

📲 DM us or book online now!

17/02/2025

💤 My top tips for a better nights sleep 😴

03/02/2025

Did you know that during pregnancy, cells migrate out of the womb and into mums main organs shaping her health for the future 🙌🏽🤰🏻

During pregnancy, fetal cells migrate out of the womb and into a mother’s heart, liver, lung, kidney, brain, and more. They could shape moms’ health for a lifetime, Katherine J. Wu reported in 2024:⁠ https://theatln.tc/wpcelUjO
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The presence of these cells, known as microchimerism, is thought to affect every person who has carried an embryo, even if briefly, and anyone who has ever inhabited a womb. The cross-generational transfers are bidirectional—as fetal cells cross the placenta into maternal tissues, a small number of maternal cells migrate into fetal tissues, where they can persist into adulthood. ⁠
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Genetic swaps, then, might occur several times throughout a life. Some researchers believe that people may be miniature mosaics of many of their relatives, via chains of pregnancy: their older siblings, perhaps, or their maternal grandmother, or any aunts and uncles their grandmother might have conceived before their mother was born. “It’s like you carry your entire family inside of you,” Francisco Úbeda de Torres, an evolutionary biologist at the Royal Holloway University of London, told Wu.⁠
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Some scientists have argued that cells so sparse and inconsistent couldn’t possibly have meaningful effects. Even among microchimerism researchers, hypotheses about what these cells do—if anything at all—remain “highly controversial,” Sing Sing Way, an immunologist and a pediatrician at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, told Wu. But many experts contend that microchimeric cells aren’t just passive passengers. They are genetically distinct entities. And they might hold sway over many aspects of health: our susceptibility to infectious or autoimmune disease, the success of pregnancies, maybe even behavior. ⁠
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If these cells turn out to be as important as some scientists believe they are, they might be one of the most underappreciated architects of human life, Wu writes. ⁠
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Read more: https://theatln.tc/wpcelUjO

29/01/2025

🧧🐍 Happy Lunar New Year to everybody celebrating today 🎉

20/01/2025

When we think of women’s health, the menstrual cycle often comes to mind—and for good reason. Each phase of the cycle affecting emotional, mental, and physical health ☯️

In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), the cycle is viewed through the lenses of yin, yang, and qi and blood, and is divided into four phases: menstruation, the follicular phase, ovulation, and the luteal phase.

💁🏻‍♀️ In TCM, the body is understood as a balance of four key elements:

🪷Qi: the vital life force

🪷 Blood: akin to Western blood

🪷 Yin: a cool, dense energy linked to fluids and the feminine

🪷 Yang: a warmer energy associated with activity and the masculine

As each of these four phases comes with hormonal changes that influence mental-emotional states, energy levels and physical changes here are some tips on how you can support your cycle 🙌🏽

16/09/2024

Ever wondered why your practitioner often recommends heat and seems to dislike cold?? 🥶

Check out why warmth can support your digestive health ➡️➡️➡️

27/08/2024

Qi, pronounced “chee,” is the vital life force or energy flow that permeates everything in the world according to traditional Chinese philosophy ☯️

It’s like the invisible current that keeps you vibrant and balanced, much like electricity powers your
gadgets ⚡️

When your Qi is flowing harmoniously, you feel good vibes and zen🧘‍♀️; when it’s blocked or disrupted, you might feel sluggish or out of sorts.

It’s essentially your inner power source, helping you stay tuned in to life’s rhythm 🎶

How strong is your Qi? 🔥