Heavenly Qi

The Daoists believe that life begins from stillness. Take a moment for a pregnant pause, to appreciate the way the soul manifests, grows and develops throughout pregnancy. To consider what is the curriculum that your soul has signed up for in this lifetime? What is the curriculum of the other …

There’s always going to be tricky dynamics that we come up against in clinic from time to time. What about that patient who is always late? Or are you a practitioner who doesn’t run on time in a perfect schedule? How about when your patients are self-prescribing and getting needled …

What is it that makes the difference between a clinic that is struggling financially and one that is thriving? What are some of the key things that any practitioner can implement in their clinics in order to get better outcomes for their patients AND also help their own bottom line? …

Can you give me acupuncture over the internet? In this episode, Phiona and Clare discuss the ins and outs of running an online clinic.  Why would you offer online consults? Maybe patients are contagious but would benefit from herbs and nutrition. Sometimes patients need more discussion than acupuncture. Separating consults …

It’s been a while since we posted a new episode – but wow is this episode worth the wait! Clare has returned from the world of maternity to do a live interview with Randine Lewis which was recorded in May 2018 on her trip to Australia for leading a practitioner …

In this episode with Dan Bensky we discuss the intricacies of palpation, his insights around palpating the San Jiao, and how refining your palpation skills can assist with your diagnosis, your acupuncture choices, and better inform your herbal prescriptions. Inspired by his background in osteopathy and craniosacral methods, Dan brings …

How do dosage ratios and cooking methods help avoid adverse reactions to many herbs and formulas? How many grams can or should you use of Chai Hu in XCHT? What about 125g? Simon Feeney takes us on a journey from 20yrs ago, when he met a monk who became his …

  What’s your libido like on a scale of “can’t get enough” to “can I please have a cup of tea?”. Male fertility is up for discussion this week and Peter Kington is just the man for the job. When girls hit puberty, she is afforded many subsequent years to …

Have you heard the Chinese saying that a pregnant woman should read beautiful poetry, and no one should deliver bad news to her? In this episode we discussed all things pregnancy related with Debra Betts – including the merits of this old superstitious advice. We covered everything from the basics …

Who better to have a chat with about Han Dynasty medicine than the King of Shang Han Lun himself – Arnaud Versluys. We talk about how he went from a standard TCM education to being a practitioner who exclusively practices classical herbal medicine. Phiona and Clare asked Arnaud about many …

In this brilliant episode we managed to cover a lot of ground with Ann Cecil Sterman – where we talked about dynamic pulse diagnosis, and how actively taking the pulse allows a practitioner to derive conclusions about how the organs are interacting with each other. We covered so much more …

In your life, what or who is a pain in the neck? Do you suffer from the burden of trying to carry the weight of the world on your shoulders? Neck and shoulder pain is a common complaint amongst patients – whether or not you specialise in musculoskeletal cases, pain …

If you treat fertility patients in your practice – this is a must-listen episode! If you are looking for ways to really make your clinical approach holistic – this is a must-listen episode. We recorded a live episode with Yaron Seidman a few months back, and now here it is …

Are you walking the walk when it comes to getting your work-life balance right? Are you taking enough time off? For many practitioners it’s tricky to get the right balance between work and leisure. What’s the best way to take time off without having a negative affect on your business? …

We as humans are manifestations of the universal spark, and when the universal spark fragments, it radiates energy from Heaven outward towards us, and it is up to us as human beings to answer back to Heaven with our thoughts, our actions, our feelings and emotions. The more we are …

What to do with your gynae patients who seem to have every single pattern of disharmony happening in their body all the same time? It’s like they’ve asked for a burger with the lot – and it has every. possible. ingredient. all piled in between the two halves of the …

In this week’s episode, Phiona and Clare go through the foundations of how to treat thyroid disorders from an integrative TCM perspective. From start to finish – from the basics of what the thyroid is doing, what the thyroid blood tests mean, what the optimal reference ranges are and how …

What does your patient’s heart rate tell you about their history of trauma? The types of qualities present in those with PTSD? Can you tell from the pulse what an aneurysm, prolapse or valve problems feel like on the pulse? What is the significance of an increase in the leathery pulse …

“We get sick when we’re not paying attention” From Picasso, to Dostoyevsky, to Zhang Zhong Jing – we discussed many great ideas from great minds in this episode with Z’ev Rosenberg. This is a long episode – where we really dive deep in exploring the ways in which we can best …

“All musculoskeletal problems will have an internal component – you just have to look for it.” Matt Callison is the King of Musculoskeletal acupuncture, and if he could meet any of the ancient acupuncture masters, he’d choose Hua Tou for his interesting take on the points. We had a very informative …