Watercress-Miso Soup Makes 3-4 serves Miso soup is a versatile base for whatever ingredients strike your fancy. Here, it is suggested to use healthy and tasty greens, such as watercress but you can use whatever
An acunap is the extra deep sleep you get in a short period of time during your acupuncture treatment. It's a pretty fantastic feeling! Many patients tell me that they fall asleep during their acupuncture
I love this question. Why? Because acupuncture is not usually what people are expecting. It's BETTER. The needles are tiny (much thinner than you're likely imagining) and most patients take a nap on the treatment
In Chinese medicine we believe when the environment changes we need to balance our lifestyle and diet. Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine can be used to help balance these. After Late Summer, Autumn drifts in with
By Dr Julia Bartrop (TCM) The taste of food is an important aspect of eating. The Chinese categorise the taste of food into five flavours: sweet, bitter, sour, spicy and salty. Chinese medicine regards that
Saturday morning Meditation and Yoga will commence in the next few weeks in this great space upstairs at our clinic. Keep an eye out on our facebook and Instagram page to get dates and
Does the sight and smell of wattle, flowers or freshly cut grass currently give you a sense of dread and fear? Spring does that to many, myself included. This windy start to spring has bought a
A Traditional Chinese Medicine Perspective from Dr Julia Bartrop (TCM) ITS SPRING!!!! Finally, spring has arrived! This year, particularly here in Melbourne it has felt as though this winter has been an incredibly
A little bit of stress can be positive to our system, however constant stress over time, greatly affects our hormones, mental activity, digestion, skin, it can cause hair loss, insomnia, weight gain and increase our
In Chinese Medicine, fertility is often compared to the growth of a plant from earth. There is no one that would argue with the fact that we need a fertile soil in order for the
