Winter is the time where animals go into hiding and take shelter According to traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), winter is the time where animals go into hiding and take shelter; a natural phenomenon that forms the basic principle of TCM with regard to winter. As your Yang energy will be low during winter, your metabolism will decrease as well. To rely on your natural driving force, your focus must be to nurture your kidney’s natural strength to boost your body with warm Yan

The current global pandemic amplified cases of anxiety, depression, and imbalance within our body.  Grace Yu 游心慈（游語溱） , Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner places the utmost importance on maintaining a balance within our body in times such as this. At its core, all Chinese Medicine theories such as Yin-Yang stipulate that we are healthy when we live in balance and we weaken our immune system and get ultimately ill when our body experiences imbalances. But this pandemic

Friends who are interested in Chinese medicine are aware that Chinese medicine gives much importance to the integrity of the human body. Most TCM practitioners refer to the the Five Elements Theory. That different organs relate to different seasons, taste, body part and emotions, all supporting and affecting each other, maintaining a certain dynamic balance. However, one’s thoughts, beliefs and existing ideology does affect the health and balance of our bodies. These are exam

Lately a lot of patients consult about how to treat mask acne. They mostly have visited dermatologists and were prescribed antibiotics and medicinal creams such as Adapalene (Differin) or Benzoyl Peroxide. These topical creams help unclog pores, dry out pimples, kill bacteria and prevent new acne. Unfortunately, sometimes the derm-meds just doesn’t work and grows into cystic acne. But more serious medicine to deal with that like Isotretinoin(Accutane) may come with quite a fe

The health of one’s uterus is connected to the female menstruation cycle. From fertilization to giving birth, this female organ plays an important role.Whether or not one would want to bear a child, one must take care of the uterus as it controls the female hormones. The ovaries connected to the left and right sides of the uterus are responsible for the secretion of female hormones. From the perspective of Chinese medicine, the coordination of the five organs including the li

Chinese medicine views menopause as inevitable in life. Symptoms related to this come about due to kidney deficiency and needing the balance for “yin and yang.” These are three examples of severe menopausal symptoms different types of women usually encounter: 1. Deficiency of qi and blood: Environmental changes or physical changes are relatively inadaptable. Menopausal syndrome is prone to happen. 2. Excessive heat due to yin deficiency: These women are usually small and thin

Oftentimes my clients ask me what does cupping therapy do? Instead of explaining the sometimes hard-to-understand theories of traditional Chinese medicine, I often give them a simple answer — detoxification. This is a western concept that I find more relatable nowadays, and is definitely one of the most important functions of cupping therapy. But how does cupping therapy help for detoxification? Cupping therapy  is a minimally invasive treatment. The suction effect of cupping

A study by Professor Sabina Lim, at the East-West Medical Research Institute at Kyung Hee University in Seoul, South Korea, showed that  auricular acupuncture  decreases 6% in body mass index after 8 weeks of treatment. Our weight loss program combines the positive effects of acupuncture with herbal therapy: increasing metabolism and enhancing digestion and use of nutrients by adjusting hormone imbalances drop in Insulin and Leptin that are regulating metabolism and fat stora

In Dr. Grace’s infertility treatment in the past few years, apart from applying acupuncture, herbal medicine, and other natural treatments to help the patient’s body achieve a healthy balance. She also creates the most basic state of healthy conception. In recent years, she has been promoting healthy living habits and diets that can improve the health of the individual’s internal organs. Regarding diet therapy, it is found that tea and soups are good supplements because we ne

The outbreak of Covid-19 from the beginning of 2020 has not just threatened our physical body but also our mental health. Since the outbreak, I have seen more and more clients coming in with sleeping issues, which are caused by fear and stress rooted from many uncertainties such as how can we keep ourselves and our loved ones safe; how can we secure our jobs and incomes; how can we maintain a normal life during this challenging time, and so on. With fear and stress piling up,

Tip 1: Nourish the Heart Spring correlates with the liver, summer correlates with the heart, autumn correlated with the lungs, and winter correlates with the kidneys, four seasons to nourish the spleen and stomach. Chinese medicine believes that out of the four seasons, summer represents fire. Fire is accumulated in the heart as the climate gets hotter. We easily feel irritated and exhausted after excessive sweating due to the heat. Therefore, if you want to maintain your hea

Remote Activate and Remote Acupunture Healing This treatment affects the function of viscera and meridians by treating the chakras. Therapist:   Grace Yu 游心慈（游語溱）TCM Practitioner “Detoxification of the body, detoxification of the emotions” Everyone accumulates toxins in the stomach to some extent, and when we choose to suppress our emotions most of it stay in the stomach area. For example, our feelings of sadness, anger, love, and even laughter, when repressed for a long tim

Breast massage may not be on the menu at your local spa but it does play a part in women’s health and wellbeing. Understanding what’s natural and what’s not is essential. It’s important to look out for signs and changes. Paying attention to skin changes, lumps and looking for new moles can be helpful. The changes that are bad for breast health include: formation of a firm lump, swelling around the breast or armpit, red, dry, and cracked skin around nipples, leaking blood or a

How we perceive our Breasts make us beautiful and empowering. Physiologically, the breasts are located exactly on the side heart. As the protectors of the heart, it is rich in blood and lymphatic drainage organs. And at the psychological and emotional level, the breast is a very essential and nurturing organ being the gateway to open the heart and show affection. In the Indian chakra system, it is the heart chakra. Being the state of an embryo, the tissue of the hand is conne

Motherwort ( Leonurus artemisia  ) Uterus nourishing & cleansing Drink:  This is one of the recipes of “Dried Fruit Herbal Tea”  developed by  Dr. Grace.  It is a combination of dried fruit and herbal medicine, through its benefits, aimed at “women maintenance, turbid removal and improvement of internal circulation in lower abdominal cavity”. It is formulated into a healthy tea that can be drunk on weekdays, before and after menstruation, or during menstruation. Drinking inst

It is rather common for women to have uterine fibroids. Western medicine tends to relate the cause to an extended period of stimulation of estrogen. Western doctors usually would treat them by removing them through a surgery if one or more grows to larger than 5cm or when they seriously affects menstruation. However, in recent years, many people have begun treating these fibroids via methods that have no side effects and without a radical treatment. Among them, Chinese herbal

Omicron is not common cold or flu The most common Omicron symptoms  The prevailing symptoms at each stage TCM’s role in treating Covid Medicine should be prescribed according to the body constitution and the symptoms Can I take Traditional Chinese medicine if someone in my household is covid-positive? Omicron is not common cold or flu Omicron can be efficiently transmitted between people. It overtakes all other covid variants in terms of circulation and spreading. We have obs

The secret to success? As American swimming star Michael Phelp’s 5 gold medals hit the headlines, something else distracted the interest of the public: the mysterious circular red marks on his back. Were these marks key to Phelp’s success? Now  Cupping Therapy , an ancient Chinese Medicine technique practiced for thousands of years, has recaptured the public’s imagination. But how does Cupping Therapy work? Cupping Therapy is mostly practiced by Acupuncture practitioners. Aft

In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), living with the seasons is vital to prevent illness and precaution the balance of our body’s systems. This is because as our external environment changes, our internal (physical) health shifts too. In TCM, Fall has a nature all its own: it is the season where the active Yang energy of the summer diminishes into the more organized, calmer, and meditative Yin phase of the year as we prepare for Winter. Autumn is associated with the Metal e

Chinese medicine believes that our body is interconnected and every part is integral to the healthy functionality of the whole. With this belief, TCM fertility diagnosis and treatments are personalized and depend more on an individual’s body constitution and health status.  TCM looks at three main organs and two meridian systems when diagnosing and treating people who are having fertility challenges. These are the kidney, liver, spleen, chong meridian and ren meridian. Kidne