Chinese Medicine Podcast

How can we leverage our strengths of  Wisdom, courage and Humanity for  more happiness and a greater meaning in life? things like  Creativity,  curiosity, love of learning, judgement and perspective  Zest, Bravery, Honesty, Perseverance, Love, kindness and social  Intelligence are the strengths discussed in today's video.   This is part of a new series on St...

Using one of your top 5 strengths in a new way is a method used by  Psychologist, Martin Seligman and his theories of Strengths and virtues  are well known. You an use this as a free way to find instant happiness  in your own life, right now. This is a huge part of whats now known as  Positive Psychology.   THERE IS A PART 2, 3 and 4 coming in this series.  &nbsp...

Is thousands of years of history of medicine slowly going down the bureaucratic toilet? Part 2 of 2. This isn't a typical episode, but I have felt the need to get this issue out there for a while now.  Ive never had AHPRA try to interfere in my personal health until now... Discussion points include different systems of health care, and discussing are we slowly letting our system of medicine b...

This isn't a typical episode, but I have felt the need to get this issue out there for a while now. Part 1 of 2.  Discussion points include the pros and cons of registration in Australia, what our system means for how we can advertise Chinese medicine - essentially speak about how we use it, and WHY are we agreeing for Chinese medicine to be measured and evaluated with a different system of m...

Avoid Dampness and Create healthy Spleen Qi with this method of the Qing Dan or Clear Bland diet and how you can revert to this to discover how foods affect you.  In this episode, Marie Hopkinson, herbalist & acupuncturist from Perth Australia talks about how to better understand our own body - the two main pillars of health - sleep & digestion and how they are so important to underst...

Get ready for a better 2021 with Ancient timeless wisdom of Chinese  medicine - Here's my 3 ways you can help your Spleen Qi right now ...yes  today - try these things and start getting benefit right now.   If you missed last years video on 5 things for you can do to help your  Spleen Qi - here it is again: https://youtu.be/1FGnxURtnG4   Includes Paid Promotion.&...

10 Steps to improve your fertility.   Todays guest, Dr Camilla Cameron (Doctor of Acupuncture/ Acupuncturist)  talks with Marie about important things to help anyone on a fertility  journey. No matter if you are looking at understanding your body better  as a female - Understanding your cycle, trying to get pregnant naturally  or undertaking cycles of IVF or other ass...

What do you really need to get pregnant?  What an interesting discussion for anyone on a fertility journey, as I interview Dr Houng Lau about this huge topic...she makes it so simple. Dr Houng is an experienced Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal doctor, familiar with using oriental medicine to help people with natural fertility or assisting those going through IVF.   In this episode we...

Cupping Vs Acupuncture? What’s the difference? Why might a Chinese medicine doctor use acupuncture or cupping ...or both on you? Maybe you have had cupping and want to know more about it? Chinese medicine podcast is the place where you can come to have your questions answered and all things Chinese medicine easily explained.   Topics in todays discussion include: Marks /cupping bruises e...

Is Acupuncture effective in helping fertility, particularly when undergoing an IVF cycle? What does the current research say AND how do we interpret that data? It can be super confusing, even for practitioners who are not academics or researchers to understand how it all fits in the current body of evidence. Amy Forth, an expert on this topic, helps us understand the research, the current evidence...

What is self care really? And why should you care (pardon the pun). Seriously this is a great interview, down-to-earth style of what it is to look after yourself, and as experienced Acupuncturist Julie Constantine puts it "honoring yourself, wherever you are at". We also talk about anxiety of having acupuncture and what Julie does in her practice for patients who are petrified of needles, or a lit...

What is Jing? Why should I care? In today's conversation with Amy Forth and Marie Hopkinson we talk about Amy’s areas of expertise in fertility and reproductive medicine. This is part 1 of a two part series. Part two focuses on research for acupuncture and IVF.  If you are wanting to get pregnant, looking into natural options, fertility support with acupuncture for your IVF cycle, this interv...

Using Chinese herbs at home can be exciting and fun but often getting stared is hard not knowing where to start, or even where to get herbs to make teas, balms, external liniments etc.   External Applications of herbs is one of the lesser known / used aspects of Chinese herbal medicine, and can included herbal teas, herbal liniments, poultices, balms, soaks, and other applications. ...

Marie chats to Acupuncturist, Herbalist and Translator, Michael Brown about trends in training of Chinese medicine in the university/college system in this episode. We discuss his passions about learning, memorisation and how students in undergraduate TCM programs can get more out of their studies.   This conversation is part of the new series, CM Study Buddy - helping you learn and navi...

Dr Andrew Orr, Acupuncturist and Herbalist and expert in the integrative approaches of reproductive medicine, is passionate about Endometriosis.   In this in-depth conversation about Endometriosis, we discuss the integrated approach that is an option for so many women today. The importance of finding access to use the right Western medical specialists, surgeons, physiotherapy and experie...

Today’s guest is Glenn Bowman, a student and scholar of Chinese Medicine. First we talk about his journey into Chinese medicine and his 9 year journey toward finding greater meaning in life, connection and exactly what we are discussing today Ling. Glenn shares his wealth of knowledge about the importance of meditation from his own life experience and now as a student of Acupuncture.  I reali...

Are you struggling to set a new year resolution or  goals let alone feel in  touch with your life purpose?  Chinese Medicine can explain why we go  through periods in life feeling less or more purposeful. In this episode  Marie looks at how your life purpose is affected by the physical  aspects in our body  Emotions - Grief, sadness, depression, anxiety, fear, wo...

New series over the holidays ...mind body and Chinese Medicine.   Technology means we don't have to be at the mercy of the environment, but what is it doing to us long term in our living habits and health ?In this series Marie Hopkinson, Chinese Herbalist and Acupuncturist from Perth, delves into the mind-body connection looking at the issues about purpose, meaning and fulfilment in life...

Creativity, Life Purpose & the mind-body connection in Chinese Medicine - Series Intro A new series on the connections of our mind-body through the Chinese medicine framework. This series will explore more about:  - Liver Qi Stagnation and how it affects our creativity  - What elements/ organs drive life purpose  - how can we increase effectiveness of mental health through our p...

Spleen Qi Xu - Spleen energy deficiency is a very common TCM diagnosis,  In this video I will help explain what it is from both a classical  Chinese medicine perspective of a weakness of the earth element and the  TCM concepts.   This video covers aspects of healthy and unhealthy Spleen qi / function  and spleen dampness. what happens when he Earth gets overwhelmed wi...

Talking inflammation and pain, eye health and Dr Ben's amazing journey into becoming a Chinese Medicine practitioner after a life changing surgery gone wrong. In today's episode we discuss inflammation, Pain, Turmeric & Eye Health are key topics we talk about  with Dr Ben who also studied a degree in Nutrition.  Tumeric - how much, how often and how to make it's active ingredients &n...

Dr Marie Hopkinson, Acupuncturist shows you how to find and use different pressure points to stop headache pain instantly and reduce headaches over time. This episode can be watched on youtube as a video (for full point demonstration) at Chinese Medicine Podcast youtube channel.  Pressure point massage can be a natural, drug-free pain relief method. If you are unsure of the cause of your head...

Thanks for joining the podcast, great to see it really growing, This is a quick update about the Chinese Medicine Podcast to let you know what's happening and where we are going. 

I'm joined by 5 Element expert, Jessica Kennedy who was trained in the  UK, in a unique style of Chinese medicine called "Five Element  Acupuncture" - so lets find out what is 5 Element Acupuncture and how it  might be able to help you find out more about yourself - mentally,  physically and emotionally.   We talk about the differences in the 5 elements, what are the...

Jason Chong is an experienced Acupuncturist and Herbalist, working in  Melbourne, Australia. We talk about ways patients can increase digestive  health through stomach channel massage, food choices and better  awareness of what's going into our body.   Stomach Qi is associated with the Earth element (paired with Spleen  energy) in Chinese medicine and in a more wester...