Happy New Year of the Yang Wood Dragon

As we bid farewell to the Year of the Yin Water Rabbit, we transition into a new energetic phase marked by the arrival of the Yang Wood Dragon. This shift heralds a departure from the frenetic pace of reacting to changes and confronting our deepest fears, towards a period that encourages bold risk-taking, embracing challenges,Continue reading “Happy New Year of the Yang Wood Dragon”

Happy New Year of the Yin Water Rabbit!

The year we will all be fully awake! This new year begins on January 22nd and the rabbit will fully emerge on February 4th. The energetics of the year in Chinese cosmology consists of three main aspects that combines one of the twelve zodiac animals, one of the five-elements, and either yin or yang. 2022 wasContinue reading “Happy New Year of the Yin Water Rabbit!”

National Fertility Awareness Week: TCM Perspective

While general conception rates in the UK have gone down for last 10 years, there are still 3.5 million people who would like to conceive but for one or another reason face fertility issues or find it difficult to conceive. In this article I would like to highlight some ways in which traditional Chinese medicineContinue reading National Fertility Awareness Week: TCM Perspective

PAIN

The latest BBC survey suggest that “a quarter of people in the UK are living with chronic pain”, “it affects between 20-50% of the UK – and the prevalence may be even higher in older age groups” and “a quarter of those who live with chronic pain are currently taking opioids”. As of April 2021Continue reading “PAIN”

Happy 2022!

Heaven is covered with constellations, Earth with waterways, and man with channels. Yellow Emperor’s Classics of Medicine I don’t know about you, but I am so glad to see the two Metal element years behind us. I find this New Year rather exciting and I hope you don’t mind me sharing some of my thoughtsContinue reading “Happy 2022!”