TCM Acupuncture Perth

Sleep Apnea

Repeated stops and starts during sleep? Maybe also snoring? Your partner might be the one making you aware that you have sleep apne(o)a, or you get suspicious because you feel continuously tired after a night of sleep amongst other symptoms.
Obstructive sleep apnea is basically a physical blockage of the free air flow because you tongue and your soft palate keep relaxing briefly during your sleep. In other words, the muscles in your throat area aren’t strong enough to keep an open space for air flow.
What can you do?
- Reduce weight
- Reduce alcohol consumption
- Stop smoking
- Exercise!
In this case, you need to exercise your throat: now is the time to join a choir, learn to play the flute, the saxophone, the trumpet ...
Or, if you fear your neighbours’ wrath 😉, there are many exercises that strengthen the throat.
Chinese medicine can help you clear that Damp-Heat and Phlegm that is sitting in your throat and puffs up your soft tissue and support you on your weight/ alcohol/ smoking reducing journey.

.. aaand it’s Cold Season again ..

Now that the weather is cooling down and we experience a greater temperature span between day and night, it’s sneezing and coughing season again..

What can Chinese medicine offer?
Acupuncture points for acute Cold invasion focusses on driving out ‘pathogenic Winds’ – and strengthening your Wei Qi (defensive energy). These are mostly points on the upper back (Lung area), and around wrists and ankles.
Chinese herbal medicine has two major lines of defence.
1- Yin Qiao San is a phantastic formula that is indicated when the main symptoms are a sore throat, Headache, and a mild fever.

2- Sang Ju Yin is the go-to formula when the main symptom is a cough (there might still be a bit of a scratchy throat).
These formulas work best when taken withing 24h of onset of symptoms.

Few things feel better than a relaxing sliding cupping treatment, followed by tension releasing acupuncture for all those sore muscles.
Add a couple of calming and soothing distal points and you will be hooked on acupuncture forever ❤️

Headaches? – no need to cut off your head ..

Gentle acupuncture needling can go a long way to release that stagnation in your head that causes your headaches.
Depending on the nature (dull, sharp, throbbing) and the location (back, front, side of your head), different acupuncture channels are affected and must be released accordingly.
The time in between your headaches is then an opportunity to understand triggers and make your body more resistant to attacks. 🥰