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Turning a Breech Baby with TCM

Turning a Breech Baby with TCM https://youtube.com/shorts/zrDNoYl9E4I Breech presentation is where a baby’s bottom or their feet are pointing downwards during pregnancy. They will normally turn...

The Clean Fifteen and Dirty Dozen

The Clean Fifteen and Dirty Dozen https://youtube.com/shorts/nHUULpSsyrE?feature=share   The Environmental Working Group or the EWG is a nonprofit organization who publish the Clean Fifteen and the...

Lifestyle Factors that Influence Male Fertility – Evidence Review

Lifestyle Factors that Influence Male Fertility – Evidence Review Traditionally, women have often been perceived as contributing far more to a couple’s fertility difficulties than men, leading...

Can Acupuncture Treat Headache and Migraine? – Evidence Review

Can Acupuncture Treat Headache and Migraine? – Evidence Review Can acupuncture help to treat headache and migraine? This is a question that I often get, and as it is one of the most well researched...

Can Acupuncture Treat Pain? – Evidence Review

Can Acupuncture Treat Pain? – Evidence Review People often ask if acupuncture can help them if they are looking for an alternative to drug-based painkillers. Thankfully there is a growing body...

The Emotions from Inside Out and Traditional Chinese Medicine

The Emotions from Inside Out and Traditional Chinese Medicine Pixar’s Inside Out 2 was released in the summer of 2024, and was a major success. It is a sequel to the 2015 hit, Inside Out, where a...

The Three Wise Men…and Herbal Medicine Gifts?

The Three Wise Men’s Gifts – Traditional Chinese Medicine? According to the bible, when the Magi, commonly known as the Three Wise Men, found the new-born baby Jesus in Bethlehem, they supposedly...

Olympic Gold Medals and… Cupping Therapy?

Nicolo Martinenghi was the unexpected winner of the mens 100m breaststroke in the 2024 Paris Olympics, beating world record holder Adam Peaty.   Another surprise from Martinenghi, was the array of...

The Incredible Woman Who Used Chinese Herbal Medicine to Help Save Millions of Lives (and Win a Nobel Prize)

In 1967, the Chinese government launched secret military Project 523 to find a treatment for chloroquine resistant malaria. This was in response to a request from their North Vietnamese allies in the...