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ᴜɴᴅᴇʀ𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 ʏᴏᴜʀ ʙᴏᴅʏ ᴏɴ ᴀ ᴡʜᴏʟᴇ ɴᴇᴡ ʟᴇᴠᴇʟ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴄʜɪɴᴇ𝘴𝘦 ᴍᴇᴅɪᴄɪɴᴇ! ✨😲
🔥 ᴀᴄᴜᴘᴜɴᴄᴛᴜʀᴇ 🍌 𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 ᴇɴᴇʀɢᴇᴛɪᴄ𝘴 💚ᴍᴀ𝘴sage
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To all my girls out there with infertility problem

To all my girls out there with infertility problems and menstrual issues - this one's for you! 💛🙏

A lot of my practice recently has been heavily focused on regulating the menstrual cycle.

For the majority this has been due to infertility issues. But there are also others out there suffering with their periods and hormone imbalances leading to a whole mirage of other symptoms and complications in the body mind! 😖
Are you looking to increase your chances of getting pregnant? Are you looking to get your periods back on track again? 🩸

Lets start with the basics. Understanding your cycle.

There are 4 phases to a womans cycle. Menstruation, follicular, ovulatory and luteal. This is really important to understand due to the different roles each part of the menstrual cycle play in terms of regulating our hormones.

I am going to focus on the YIN part of the cycle (menstruation, follicular) in this post as it is pretty important for the whole of our cycle to be in balance! 😊

#womenshealth #menstrualcycle #tcm #periods #infertility #thecheshireacupuncturist #chinesemedicine #acupuncture #periodproblems

EGGS + INSOMNIA! 🥚 • Do you know eggs can act

EGGS + INSOMNIA! 🥚
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Do you know eggs can actually be beneficial for insomnia? 😱... In Chinese medicine they supplement the blood, Yin + Jing (our foundational essence) 🩸
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We need an ample amount of blood for our mental activities and clarity of mind. But when blood is deficient some people may suffer with sleep issues such as an inability to rest!
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Some other foods which can be beneficial for insomnia are apples, sweet potato and pears! 🍐
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#foodenergetics #food #health #insomia #sleep #sleepissues #tcm #chinesemedicine #acupuncturist #tcm #mindandbody #wellbeing #wellness #acupuncture #foddie #eggs #lockdown

As a Chinese medicine practitioner, I primarily wo

As a Chinese medicine practitioner, I primarily work with relationships and patterns within the body, and look to regulate and harmonise these relationships to help bring balance to your well-being 😊
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One of the main focusses of what I do is to understand the energetics of the major organs, and their relationships with the various tissues, emotions, and key functions of the body. Here, you can see the various aspects of our mind and body that are associated with the health of our Kidneys..🤔
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The Kidneys are ultimately considered to be the root of our health, and it is our Kidneys (along with our Lungs) that help to balance the PH of our system in order to enable it to function properly and efficiently - we may look at this as the balance between Yin and Yang.
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The Kidneys also have a major effect on our ability to grow and develop, ensuring that we journey through life smoothly and stress free. They ensure that certain milestones are reached at certain periods of life, certain hormones kick in at the correct times, and ensure that the body is able to adapt well enough once certain hormones are no longer being produced (such as menopause). By looking after the Kidneys (both physically and energetically), we are able to essentially grow old gracefully!
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Other associations that we look to the Kidneys to treat, are age related disorders.. the kidneys govern our hearing, so anything to do with our hearing is treated by looking after our kidneys - the same goes for bone disorders (such as osteoporosis), and also brain related disorders such as dementia and some forms of depression. The kidneys are even said to nourish our head hair, so premature greying or thinning would too be associated with them😬
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The best way to look after our Kidneys is to ensure that we are able to find time to feel rested, rooted, and safe. We ideally want to be able to allow our adrenals to rest - Find somewhere that you can retreat and find comfort
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Foods that support the kidneys are nuts, seeds, beans and legumes (especially kidney beans!). Pork is thought to be the best meat for the Kidneys, and bone broth is also massively beneficial🦴
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#chinesemedicine#kidneys#tcm#acupuncture

Continued from my last post 😊.... Eating accor

Continued from my last post 😊....

Eating according to the seasons ☃️

This refers to eating according to the climatic factors throughout the year such as spring, summer, autumn and winter and is a very generalised way of eating. It is also important to take into account the current constitution of a person before apply such a principle. In an ideal world, we would eat according to the seasons if we were in complete balance with nature around us, but sadly these days many of us are not so some extra care attention when eating according to the seasons is required. As an example, in winter it would be important to nourish the Yin and Blood within the body and not eat excess Yang foods that require and utilise energy too much as at this time of year the body is in a state of rest and the metabolic process is much slower. Gentle warming foods can be used to stimulate digestion but a focus on how the foods is cooked would be ideal to create more subtle warmth within the body. Soups and stews are excellent at this time 😃

The timing of meals 🥘

In Chinese medicine there Is a natural cycle in which Qi (energy) circulates throughout the organs at specific times, and therefore allows the functions of that organ to be more efficient in relation to other times of the day. There is a saying that we should eat like a king for breakfast, and prince for lunch and a pauper for dinner.

There is truth in this saying because our digestion is stronger in the morning between the hours of 7am and 9am. It is also important to stop eating a good few hours before bed as this allows the stomach to rest. Eating late can not only cause restless sleep but overtime can lead to further complications and weight gain. It is also advisable to only eat until you are 80% full, this prevents stagnation and allow foods to be digested more easily 😊

#digestion #digestionsupport
#tcm #chinesemedicine #foodtherapy #nutrition #acupuncture #mindandbody #seasonaleating #guthealth #wellbeing #health

Chinese food therapy looks at the principles of ea

Chinese food therapy looks at the principles of eating on a WHOLE NEW LEVEL to western nutrition. Why? Because we don’t focus on, fats, carbs, proteins as a means to create homeostasis in the body, but we do look at many other different variables when it comes to the foods we choose 😁

Thermogenic properties 🔥
This generally refers to the metabolic process and the thermal effects foods have on the body. There are five properties ranging from cold, cool, neutral, warm and hot. All foods fall into one of these categories. Foods are chosen according to a differential diagnosis. For example, if a patient presents with a cold type condition such as arthritic joint pain in the winter, I would look to increase foods of a warming nature to relieve the pain and create homeostasis. It is important to understand the energies of food because different energies act upon the human body in different ways and effect the state of our health.

The Four movements ➡️
This relates to the direction in which the Qi (energy) moves once foods have been metabolised by the digestive system. The four movements are, ascending which moves upwards, floating which moves outwards (these are both yang and relate to warm and hot foods), descending which moves downwards and Sinking which moves inwards, these are both Yin and relate to cool and cold foods. In application, we may use Yang foods such as ginger which move upwards and outwards and release the exterior to expel pathogens in acute coughs and colds.

The Five flavours 👅
This refers to the taste. The five flavours are sweet, sour, pungent, salty and bitter. Each flavour has its place in creating homeostasis within the body through affecting its associated channel/meridian, organ or tissue. For example, we may use sweet foods to tonify the spleen (digestive system) and to relax the muscles and salty foods to dry dampness in the body which could manifest in conditions with mucus or phlegm.

To be continued... 😊 #TcM #chinesemedicine #acupuncture #foodtherapy #guthealth #digestion #wellbeing #mentalhealth #foodforhealth #health #wellbeing #thecheshireacupuncturist #food #acupuncturist #ibs #hormones #womenshealth

Hi 👋 Just me. I’ve been quiet lately, creat

Hi 👋

Just me. I’ve been quiet lately, creating some content that I’ll hope you’ll love. Alongside working like a crazy women and combining my temporary covid job with getting my clinics back up and running! 🤞🏽

You won’t see that many posts of me personally anymore. I don’t like to think of pictures to post and I like the educational style posts which people can learn something from on a visual level but have the option to read into more. So I’ve created little illustrations that are pleasing to the eye (in my opinion) and that are easy to understand 🙌🏻 for both a patient or practitioner, or student! I liked the creative side of putting them together and I hope you will enjoy looking at them and reading them as much as I enjoyed making them.

Like many, lockdown has allowed me to reflect on my career and how I’d like to proceed and I think this fits more with my personality as a whole.

To everyone that likes, comments and DM’s I’d like to thank you for your engagement and interest in my ramblings, I really do appreciate it.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy the upcoming posts and any feedback is always welcome.

Kate 💕 x

#acupuncture #health #wellbeing #tcm #chinesemedicine #cupping #mindandbody #insta #foodenergetics #acupuncturist #love #massage #wellness #acupunctureworks #cheshire #liverpool

IM SUFFERING WITH PMS, WHAT DO I EAT? 🤬😤 •

IM SUFFERING WITH PMS, WHAT DO I EAT? 🤬😤
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As oestrogen levels start to rise in the follicular and ovulatory phase of your cycle, it is important we eat foods that support the Liver. This is because it is the Livers responsibility to cleanse, breakdown and detoxify the blood which houses the hormones amongst other things.
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Vitamins A, B, C and E are the focus here as from a Chinese Medicine perspective these focus on the Liver itself whilst simultaneously nourishing and detoxifying the blood
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Should we not balance out the levels of oestrogen in the blood then we may be prone to pms symptoms such as cramping, destabilised moods, breast tenderness, headaches, hormonal related acne and so on.

Foods to focus on at this time include:

Vitamin A 🥬
Kale
Cauliflower
Broccoli
Bok choy
Cabbage
Spinach

Vitamin B 🥚
Salmon
Liver
Eggs
Beef
Sunflower seeds

Vitamin C 🍊
Oranges
Yellow peppers
Potatoes
Strawberries
Blackcurrants
Parsely
Lemon

Vitamin E 🥑
Olive oil
Almonds
Hazlenuts
Avocado
Mango

If you struggle with any digestive issues such as loose stools or bloating, make sure to steam foods making the nutrients more accessible for assimilation by the digestive system! Please DM or comment with any questions ✨
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#tcm #foodenergetics #chinesemedicine #womenshormones #acupuncture #acupuncturist #menstrualcycle #pms #digestion #digestivesystem #oestrogen #period #periodproblems #food #health #wellbeing #foodsforpms #thecheshireacupuncturist

C H E E S E + D I G E S T I O N = M U C U S? 😤

C H E E S E +
D I G E S T I O N = M U C U S? 😤🧀
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Probably my addiction in life, something I’ve struggled to eat in ‘normal’ quantities 😆 shall we say!
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Cheese is classed as dairy in western nutrition but in eastern nutrition it is classed as a yin food meaning that it nourishes the water aspect of the body, so qualities such a blood and body fluids. It also helps to tonify the Qi (energy)
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As a result of eating cheese and other forms of dairy, many people suffer with mucus. One reason for this may be a compromised digestive system and an inability to be able to transform the foods we eat sufficiently.
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In Chinese Medicine it is the spleens responsibility to transform and transport the nutrients from the food we eat directly upwards for distribution through the expanding and contracting function of the lung. If this function is impaired then this may give rise to fluid retention in the form of mucus. However, it doesn’t stop there; sometimes this inability to transform foods can then lead to what we call “dampness”, which can also lodge in other areas of the body. This then causes the body to slow down, creating a thick like bog consistency which leads to further stagnation and more problems.
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The effects from a compromised digestive system are huge - Conditions such as fibromyalgia, high cholesterol, cancer, metabolic disorders, chronic fatigue syndrome, allergies and environmental illness can all stem from dampness.
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In my next post I’ll focus on foods that clear damp and support the digestive system as a whole so that you can enjoy cheese as part of a balanced diet! Food is medicine! 🌶🥬
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Please DM me or post any questions you have below if you feel YOUR digestive system is suffering ! 😣
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#digestion #foodintolerance #guthealth #health #tcm #chinesemedicine #wellbeing #acupuncture #acupunctureworks #acupuncturist #immunity #digestivesystem #digestivehealth #dairy #foodenergetics @tentation.fromage 📸

Excuse the roots! 💁🏼‍♀️ (blondie comin

Excuse the roots! 💁🏼‍♀️ (blondie coming through, blame lockdown!)
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I wanted to share a little something on stress and the connection to the digestive system 😊
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Stress (emotional 😢🤬🤯)
Negative emotions weaken the qi of the digestive system which can impair the bodies ability to digest our food properly and provide proper nourishment to the body. Excessive thinking/worrying also weakens the qi of both the spleen and kidneys. The more stressed we are the more we start to use up our bodies vital substances which are essential for maintaining health and supporting the immune system
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Physical stress 🏋🏽🏄‍♂️🚴‍♀️
Too much exercise can also diminish qi and blood causing heat and and weakening the bodies defensive mechanism which can again affect digestion!
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Essentially it is all about balance, though easier said than done! So become self aware of your habits enough so that you are able to change them where necessary! ☺️
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#exercise #emotions #stress #health #tcm #chinesemedicine #qi #wellbeing #digestion #mindandbody #acupuncture #acupunctureworks #thecheshireacupuncturist #foodenergetics #chinesemedicinestudent #wellness

I’m aware this picture looks a little ominous 😂 but what’s a girl to do when she’s on lockdown with no job other than to take pictures of cucumbers in her garden 🥒
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There is a method in the madness I promise! Let’s talk about the benefits of cucumbers and how they might be able to help YOU!
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Cucumber is cooling and also helps to clear regular heat and summer heat! Therefore it is excellent for the following symptoms: red puffy eyes, acne,digestion, irritability, thirst, food and alcohol toxicity, indigestion. It can also help promote urination and drain water due to edema,. Have a bladder or kidney infection with burning? Then it can help with this too!
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Cosmetically it also helps to soothe the skin so is also beneficial for conditions like dermatitis, psoriasis acne and dryness 🙋🏼‍♀️
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Get out your cucumber! 🥒 (this is no euphemism 😆)
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#cucumber #foodenergetics #digestion #skin #skinhealth #tcm #chinesemedicine #mindandbody #wellness #healing #acupuncture #acupuntureworks #food #foodscience #foodie

I’m missing treating like you wouldn’t believe

I’m missing treating like you wouldn’t believe right now! 🔥 and missing all my patients and their funny stories! I hope you are all keeping as well as you can and for those of you that are not working, spending quality time with your family if possible 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦
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I’m still around to give advice and help where possible so if you need to don’t hesitate to send me a DM 💫 I’m also doing zoom consultations too for those that would like some face to face interaction and guidance!
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I hope to be with you all again soon! In the meantime stay safe! 🌟
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#cupping #chinesemedicine #tcm #mindandbody #acupuncture #acupuncturist #health #wellness #acupunctureworks #tuina #lockdown #foodenergetics

C E L E R Y + B L O O D 🩸 • What is the conne

C E L E R Y + B L O O D 🩸
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What is the connection?
In Chinese Medicine celery is cooling in nature, meaning it cools the body which in turn cools the blood. This is why celery can be beneficial for conditions such as acne, psoriasis, dermatitis or hives where there is predominantly a lot of heat trapped in the body. It can also be beneficial for high blood pressure and Oedema (due to its ability to drain water form the body) 💦
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I’ve been having it a lot lately and the difference in my skin is 👌🏽I’ll be featuring this food in my up coming skin series!
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#foodenergetics #foodie #celery #vegetables #blood #tcm #chinesemedicine #lockdown #acupuncture #acupuncturist #foodenergetics #mindandbody #health #wellness #wellbeing

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