Summer Heat, Hormones and Women’s Energy: A TCM Perspective
Summer can feel uplifting, but for many women it can also leave the body feeling tired, hot, restless or out of balance. From a Traditional Chinese Medicine perspective, warmer weather, longer days and disrupted routines can affect sleep, digestion, energy and hormonal wellbeing. Here’s how acupuncture and gentle seasonal support may help.
GLP-1 Jabs, Weight Loss and Your Body — A Chinese Medicine Perspective
GLP-1 jabs like Ozempic and Wegovy are everywhere right now, but what are they actually doing to your body? In Traditional Chinese medicine, weight gain is often a sign that the Spleen and Stomach are not functioning as they should. These medications suppress those organs further rather than restoring them, which is why so many people regain weight when they stop. This post explores the TCM perspective on GLP-1 medications — including their effects on digestion, Blood, bone density and Kidney Jing — and how acupuncture can help rebuild the body from the root, whether you are currently on these jabs or coming off them.
How “Normal” is Your Period?
Most of us were never taught what a "normal" period should look like. In this post, we break down healthy cycle benchmarks, what it means when yours falls outside them and how acupuncture can help bring things back into balance.
What Your Face Is Really Telling You and Why Botox & Fillers Might Be Making Things Worse
There's a moment many women reach when they look in the mirror and notice that the lines on their face seem to have arrived overnight. Western cosmetic medicine has a ready answer: freeze it, fill it, smooth it. But from the perspective of Traditional Chinese Medicine, there's something important being missed and according to some practitioners, something potentially being made worse. Discover what your face is really trying to tell you and why working with your body may be more powerful than working against it.
Before You Visit an Acupuncturist in London, You Need to Read This
Acupuncture in the UK is unregulated — meaning anyone can legally practise without formal training or insurance. Here's how to make sure the acupuncturist you choose in London meets the professional standard your health deserves.
The Second Spring: How Chinese Medicine Sees Menopause as a New Beginning
Western culture has a habit of treating menopause as something to dread, a door closing, a chapter ending, a list of symptoms to manage. But for over two thousand years, Traditional Chinese Medicine has told a different story entirely. It calls this phase of a woman's life the Second Spring. And once you understand why, it changes everything.