I had recently read a facebook post on Lichen Sclerosus by Dr Andrew Orr and decided to share a little of my own knowledge of this condition and how Chinese herbs may be ... Read More
Ancient or modern acupuncture needle techniques for sciatica?
Sciatica is a problem that is as old as the first books written on acupuncture dating back to 300 BCE. The Yellow Emperor's Classic on Internal Medicine (Huang Di Nei ... Read More
Acupuncture and Chinese Herbs for Urinary Incontinence
Urinary incontinence is quite common and is estimated that worldwide can effect up to 200 million people. The incidence is much higher in women than in men. In women the ... Read More
Adult Stem Cells Nutrition – Public Talk by John Kennedy Hawkes Bay 16 Sept 2017
John Kennedy has been practising as a full time acupuncturist and herbalist for over 20 years and about 10 years ago became interested in Adult Stem Cell Nutrition. As a ... Read More
Acupuncture for Baker’s Cyst
A Baker's cyst occurs at the back of the knee. The cyst is as a result of excess joint fluid filing up a sack behind the knee. Two most common causes of this are ... Read More
Acupuncture for heart burn or drugs that kill you?
The most common symptoms experienced by people suffering from heart burn are chest pain, indigestion and acid reflux. In the USA, the incidence of heart burn is quite ... Read More
Chinese herbs for post glandular fever – a case study by Heiko Lade
This journal article originally appeared in The Lantern, Volume 13, No.3 Introduction: With all the new books being released every week, a number of international TCM ... Read More
Acupuncture for Gout
Gout has been around for millenia and ancient Chinese physicians gave it names like tong feng which means painful wind and bai hu guan jie lu feng which translates as ... Read More
Why comprehensive clinical notes matter, what they should contain, and strategies to improve them-by Scott Pearson
(This journal article originally appeared in The Annual Journal from Acupuncture NZ 2017) It is probably fair to say that health practitioners are not drawn to their ... Read More