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Instagram FeedJames Rose2020-04-15T18:01:19+01:00

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ᴜɴᴅᴇʀ𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 ʏᴏᴜʀ ʙᴏᴅʏ ᴏɴ ᴀ ᴡʜᴏʟᴇ ɴᴇᴡ ʟᴇᴠᴇʟ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴄʜɪɴᴇ𝘴𝘦 ᴍᴇᴅɪᴄɪɴᴇ! ✨😲
🔥 ᴀᴄᴜᴘᴜɴᴄᴛᴜʀᴇ 🍌 𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 ᴇɴᴇʀɢᴇᴛɪᴄ𝘴 💚ᴍᴀ𝘴sage
💻 online consultations 📍Man, L-pool

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

EGGS! 🥚 • Do you know eggs can actually be be

EGGS! 🥚
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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

Lighting rig sorted! ....I’m getting professiona

Lighting rig sorted! ....I’m getting professional 🎥 short videos to be rolled out in 2020... it’s amazing what you can get sorted when you’re on lockdown.. it’s doing me good! It’s been weirdly fun! Music full blast, eating good food, video calling all my friends 🙌🏻 and connecting more with others even though we’re not allowed to go anywhere! ... not a fan of queuing outside large supermarkets in the cold though! 😅 How is everyone else coping? 🤪
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#professional#acupuncturistonlockdown #acupuncturist #tcm #chinesemedicine #foodenergetics #mindandbody #friends #connect #love #health #healthylifestyle #nutrition #acupuncture

A review I’d love to share because in the past w

A review I’d love to share because in the past when I was in my early twenties I also struggled with my skin so I know how it feels to go from picture 1 to picture 3 😌
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Me and Beth worked together with Acupuncture and Chinese dietary therapy to achieve her skin as it is now. Skin can be a complicated organ to treat and can involve imbalances in the digestive system, the Liver, the Lungs etc. Factors such as sleep, poor diet, physical activity, hormones, medication can all have an affect on how our largest organ functions🌟
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Acne not only affects you physically but psychologically too, so finding the route cause is crucial to outcome and creating homeostasis in the body.
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Acne generally falls in to two categories in Chinese Medicine, heat + damp. Treatment principles aim at cooling and nourishing the Blood and transforming or drying damp whilst promoting free flow of Qi. This can be done through certain foods and an acupuncture prescription tailored uniquely to you 📌
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Beth says “The endless amounts of times I had to go into the doctors and got given different tablets, creams, contraceptive pills that did not work. I did get referred to the dermatologist but by the time I got seen my skin was getting better thanks to your sessions - there was no need for me to go on roaccutane 🥳 can’t thank you enough for helping me out because this was stopping me from going out. It was horrible and I didn’t feel myself at all because I’ve always had bad skin. Everyone finds it hard to believe when I tell them that my sessions with you literally cleared it away!!”
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I honestly feel so happy to of been able to help you @bethallen__ and see you smiling and feeling good again! 💖
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If you guys would like me to posts some foods for skin too please let me know. Of course in Chinese medicine it is not a one size fits all and we look at patterns to determine our diagnosis. However I can certainly generalise a little bit to help you look at foods differently and understand your own body a bit more and how certain foods may be affecting you 🤗
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#chinesemedicine#skincare #skinhealth#tcm#acupuncture #foodenergetics#acnecure#acne #acupuncturist#mindandbody#health #alternativemedicine

Guys don’t forget to check my stories or my food

Guys don’t forget to check my stories or my food energetics highlights. This is where you will find information on regular everyday foods (or drinks) from a Chinese medicine perspective! 🌟
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I’ve made them simple and informative. Giving uses for the food, what particular channels they affect, their energetic temperature and how they affect the body. I plan to do a little key in order for you to understand the terms Yin, Yang, Qi, Blood etc and what this means in terms of food. I’ve had really good feedback from patients recently really enjoying these little snippets and being able to view food in a different way 😊
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Please let me know of any foods you’d like to understand better and I’ll do more posts on them!
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Thanks again 🙏🏼 ☺️
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#foodenergetics #digestion #chinesemedicine #food #health #tcm #healthyeating #alternativemedicine #acupuncture #acupuncturist #mindandbody

In Chinese Medicine, the organs responsible for di

In Chinese Medicine, the organs responsible for digestion are the Spleen and the Stomach ✨
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Nutritional deficiencies generally stem from a weakened spleen. The spleen is responsible for transforming and transporting of the foods we eat into sufficient Qi and Blood so when the Spleen is impaired the associated characteristics such as the muscles for example may become weakened leading to atrophy or we may also suffer with unexplained bruising as the Spleen is also responsible controlling the blood within the vessels 🩸
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Brain activities also depend normally on essential nutrients, Qi, Blood, Yin and Yang. With adequate Qi and blood and normal function of Spleen and Stomach, brain activities can proceed normally 🧠
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As the Spleens mental characteristic is known as thought/intellect aka the Yi. It governs our ability to process information and digest our thoughts. You may of heard of sayings such as ‘Food for thought’ or when trying to understand something difficult you may think that it is ‘hard to digest’ such sayings arise from the fact that our digestive system and thought processes are very much interlinked and can affect one another simultaneously 💭
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There are many ways in which we can connect the dots between our thought process and the digestive system. Over eating can cause the mind to become sluggish leading to lethargy, overthinking can produce cravings for sweet foods and worrying can cause the the Qi to knot leading to further digestive issues. These are just some of the way in which the digestive organs can affect the mind body 😊
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#chinesemedicine #tcm #food#health #mindbody #acupuncture #acupuncturist #foodtherapy #mind #alternativemedicine #massage #esoteric #mindandbody #balance

So I made it known a few days ago that I am going

So I made it known a few days ago that I am going to be posting more on Chinese food therapy. I’ve had a lot of interest in this in recent times and it has become a natural integration within many of my treatments in 2019 with great results! 💥
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To start off the posts I’ll explain little bit more about what exactly this kind of food therapy is and why it is so different to western nutrition 😄
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First of all, foods are not necessarily considered good nor bad. They are looked at from a more thermogenic standpoint. What this means is that foods are categorised into different properties such as very cooling, cooling, neutral, warming and very warming. This is not a measure of how hot or cold food is to taste but the effect on the body after digestion.
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Foods also have an affect on the different channel systems also known as the meridians and are also categorised into the 5 flavours ( Salty, Sour, Bitter, Sweet and Pungent). As a practitioner it is my job to help harmonise the foods you consume with your bodies internal environment to help restore balance between the Yin and Yang energy and the vital substances (Blood and body fluids) 🙏🏼
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To help further understand the importance of food combining take for example many traditional dishes such as lamb and mint, or salmon and ginger. Our ancestors combined such foods for good reason. Lamb which is classed as hot nature was historically combined with mint which is cooling in nature. This provides a perfectly balanced meal when it comes down to the thermogenic properties, therefore creating homeostasis in the body.
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The knowledge of temperature is intrinsic to all traditional cooking!
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This is just a little snippet into the kind of content you can expect from me over the coming year. I’m really excited to share this knowledge so that you can lead a healthier life and learn a bit more about eastern cooking methods!
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Remember this is a basic understanding so it is important to get advice from a practitioner when changing your diet. Environment, lifestyle etc all play a factor in determining the foods right for you and your body!
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Happy Tuesday! 🙌🏻 #foodtherapy #tcm #chinesemedicine #health #food #acupuncture

Hello 2020! 👋 happy new year to everyone, hope

Hello 2020! 👋 happy new year to everyone, hope you all had a good one!
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This year there is going to be more of a focus on food therapy on my IG because first of all I love food 😍 and secondly in Chinese medicine food is used in such a different way to western nutrition that I think you would find it interesting!
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I am really excited to get going with 2020 and continue to help people get better and better! 💫 🙌🏻
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#chinesemedicine #food #foodtherapy #foodenergetics #tcm #health #2020 #newyear #passion #wellbeing #mindandbody #acupuncture #acupuncturist

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