What is Damp and Do I Have It? If I was as savvy as the budget airlines I would have added an additional pound to every treatment that...

Why Shouldn't I Cry In Public? Let’s set the scene with an anecdote. I broke up with someone I really loved. It was particularly hard...

LONG COVID EXPERIENCE AS A PRACTITIONER One of my bucket list items is to integrate Eastern and Western medicine so we can streamline...

It’s a rare opportunity that you can start a health blog quoting an ‘S Club 7’ song, but there you are these are unforeseen times. Before...

The Most Recent Studies Coming Out of China As you all know I have a sizeable soft spot for the Chinese and so far it seems their...

Most blogs written by Western acupuncturists who have been on study trips mention the ‘scale of things’ in China and I am no different. ...

Firstly the credit for 2020 'The Year of Plenty' lies to my clever friend Claudia. Secondly, I’m amazed this blog has been done in time...

People experiencing digestive disorders and general discomfort around food often seek acupuncture as an alternative to constantly...

As an acupuncturist, I treat a variety of things but at least 40 % of my patients come for assistance with anxiety and depression or...

Sick of period symptoms? How’s things in the lady department? Do you dread your period every month? Do you experience any of these common...

Cold and Flus = January Blues Happy New Year. Congratulations on making it through the festive period in one piece. The season brings...

I have noticed in the last 18 months (​ ​especially in the functional medicine camps) that sleep has become seriously cool again. Every...

Last year watching a Ted talk I discovered an interesting doctor who I dubbed the 'Obama of Medicine'. Ranjan Chatterjee is forward...

Recently there was an excellent article in the Guardian about further scientific evidence that acupuncture works. It also had a much...