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29/09/2026

To close out Acupuncture Awareness Month: five things people often get wrong about acupuncture. 🌿

1. 'It's not evidence-based.' Acupuncture has a growing body of research behind it, including large analyses of pooled patient data. It's fair to call it evidence-informed, and studied.

2. 'Anyone with a needle can do it.' In Australia, 'acupuncturist' is a protected title. Registered acupuncturists train for at least four years and are regulated nationally through AHPRA.

3. 'It's only for pain.' Pain is common, but people also come in for sleep, stress, digestion, cycle and hormonal concerns, and fertility support.

4. 'It's an alternative to seeing your doctor.' It isn't. It works best alongside your GP and specialists, as part of a bigger picture.

5. 'The needles hurt like an injection.' They're much finer — many people feel very little, and often fall asleep on the table.

There's more to the profession than most people realise. That's really what this month has been about.

Read the campaign's full '5 things' at www.jing-luo.org/acupuncture-awareness-month

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26/09/2026

Two of the first things we check, and two of the oldest tools in Chinese medicine: your tongue and your pulse. 🌿

They sound simple. They're not. Together they give us a surprising amount of information about what's going on underneath the symptoms you've come in with.

With the tongue, we're looking at:
🌱 Colour of the body — pale, red, purplish
🌱 The coating — thick, thin, absent, yellow, white
🌱 Shape and moisture — swollen, thin, teeth marks at the edges, cracks
🌱 Whether any of that is changing over a course of treatment

With the pulse, we feel at three positions on each wrist, at different depths. We're reading its speed, strength, rhythm and quality — whether it feels tight, thin, slippery, wiry, deep or floating.

None of this replaces your GP or medical tests. It's a different lens — one that helps us match the treatment to your pattern, not just your symptom, and track how you're responding over time.

It's also why we ask you not to brush your tongue or drink a bright-coloured tea right before an appointment. 😉

📩 Curious what yours might show? DM us or book a consultation.

23/09/2026

There's much more to an acupuncture appointment than the needles. 🌿

As part of Acupuncture Awareness Month, I want to share what actually happens when you come in.

We start with a conversation. A first appointment is mostly talking — about why you've come, your health history, and a lot of questions that might seem unrelated but tell us a great deal in Chinese medicine:

🌱 Sleep — how well you sleep, and what times you wake
🌱 Digestion, appetite and energy through the day
🌱 Headaches — how often, where, what kind
🌱 Ringing in the ears, and whether your eyes are dry, itchy or have floaters
🌱 For women, the details of your cycle

Then tongue and pulse — two of the oldest diagnostic tools in TCM, and still some of the most useful. Only after all of that do we talk through what we've found and a proposed plan, with room for you to ask questions before anything goes ahead.

The needles are gentle, and they're only one part of a treatment designed around you.

More about how acupuncture is practised in Australia today at www.jing-luo.org/acupuncture-awareness-month

📩 DM us or book a consultation.

19/09/2026

Thinking about trying to conceive this spring? 🌱

In Chinese medicine, spring — with its upward, outward, growth-oriented energy — is seen as a supportive time for conception. But the groundwork matters more than the timing.

Both egg and s***m take around 90 days to fully mature before they're released. That three-month window is where preparation actually happens, which is why we usually suggest starting to work on things a cycle or two before you'd like to be trying.

In a fertility consultation we look at:

🌿 Your cycle — length, regularity, spotting, period pain, PMS
🌿 Sleep, energy and stress, and how they shift across the month
🌿 Digestion, temperature, headaches — things that seem unrelated but tell us a lot in TCM
🌿 For couples, we consider both partners, not just one

Spring can also stir up Liver Qi, and when that energy isn't flowing smoothly it can affect cycle regularity and ovulation timing. Acupuncture may help support that flow alongside the practical changes we talk through with every patient.

Acupuncture isn't a standalone fertility treatment — it works best as part of a bigger picture, alongside your GP or fertility specialist.

Save this if it's on your mind, and send it to your partner. 💚

📩 DM us or book a consultation to talk through your cycle.

16/09/2026

Did you know 'acupuncturist' is a protected title in Australia? 🌿

It's something I'm proud to talk about during Acupuncture Awareness Month. By law, you can only call yourself an acupuncturist here if you're registered with the Chinese Medicine Board of Australia, under AHPRA — the same national regulator that oversees doctors, nurses and physiotherapists.

Registration isn't automatic. It means:

🌱 An approved tertiary qualification — at least four years of study and clinical training
🌱 Meeting national standards for safe practice, hygiene and needle technique
🌱 Ongoing professional development and annual re-registration
🌱 Being accountable to a national board

So when you see 'registered acupuncturist', it tells you the person has met a consistent, government-regulated standard — not just completed a short course.

If you're ever unsure, you can look up any practitioner on the AHPRA register. More about the profession at www.jing-luo.org/acupuncture-awareness-month

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12/09/2026

Spring is the season of the Liver in Chinese medicine. 🌱

Where winter was about stillness and storing energy, spring is about movement — sap rising, things pushing upward and outward. The organ system that governs that in TCM is the Liver, paired with the Wood element.

When Liver Qi is moving well in spring, people tend to feel more motivated, clearer about what they want, more able to plan and act. When it's not moving well, that same energy can get stuck and show up as:

🌿 Irritability or a shorter fuse than usual
🌿 Tension headaches around the temples or behind the eyes
🌿 Tight neck, shoulders and jaw
🌿 Dry or gritty eyes, blurred vision, more floaters
🌿 Waking around 1–3am, then struggling to get back to sleep

The Liver also governs the tendons and the eyes, which is why spring is often when stiffness and eye symptoms become more noticeable.

A few things that may help the transition: gentle daily movement, getting outside in daylight, going easier on alcohol and late nights, and eating plenty of fresh greens.

If several of those signs sound familiar, it's a pattern we can work with. We start with a conversation about what you're noticing.

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09/09/2026

September is Acupuncture Awareness Month. 🌿

This is the first year AACMA has run it here in Australia, and as a registered acupuncturist and AACMA member, I'm really glad to be part of it.

All month, the focus is on helping people understand what acupuncture actually is — how it's practised, what the training involves, and the professional standards behind a registered acupuncturist in Australia. It's also a chance to clear up a few of the misconceptions we hear all the time at the clinic.

Acupuncture has been practised for around 3,000 years, and there's a lot more to it than most people expect.

Over the next few weeks I'll share a bit more about what a registered acupuncturist does and what actually happens in a treatment.

You can read more about the campaign at www.jing-luo.org/acupuncture-awareness-month

📩 DM us or book a consultation anytime.

31/08/2026

Spring officially starts tomorrow — and for a lot of people, so does hay fever season. 🤧🌸

In TCM, our resistance to seasonal triggers like pollen is linked to Wei Qi — often described as the body's defensive energy, closely tied to Lung function. When Wei Qi is strong, the body tends to handle seasonal shifts more smoothly. When it's depleted (common after a long winter), we tend to see:

🌬️ Sneezing, itchy or watery eyes as soon as pollen picks up
🌬️ Getting every cold that goes around
🌬️ Feeling drained as the seasons change

Supporting Lung Qi and Wei Qi before symptoms peak — rather than after — is often where acupuncture can help most.

If spring usually hits you hard, now's a good time to come in.

📩 DM us or book a consultation before pollen season ramps up.

29/08/2026

"Just tell me the points for [insert symptom] and I'll do it myself." 🤔

We hear versions of this a lot — usually from people who've seen a generic "acupuncture points for headaches" chart online.

Here's the thing: there's no single point protocol for any symptom in TCM. Two people with the exact same complaint can have completely different underlying patterns, and completely different treatments.

A headache from Liver Qi stagnation is treated differently to one from Blood deficiency, which is treated differently again to one from Kidney Yin depletion. Same symptom, three different diagnoses, three different treatment plans.

That's why we start with a conversation — sleep, digestion, cycle, tongue, pulse — things that might seem unrelated, but tell us a lot in TCM.

📩 DM us your questions or book a consultation.

27/08/2026

That warm, herbal smell you might notice at the clinic? That's moxa. 🔥🌿

Moxibustion is the burning of dried mugwort (moxa) near or on specific acupuncture points to bring warmth deep into the body. We use it for patterns involving cold or deficiency, such as:

🌡️ Cold hands and feet that don't seem to warm up
🌡️ Period pain that's eased by heat
🌡️ Fatigue that feels like a lack of warmth as much as a lack of energy

It's a gentle, warming sensation — most patients find it deeply relaxing, and it's often paired with acupuncture in the same session depending on your pattern.

Not every diagnosis calls for moxa, but when it does, it's one of the most-loved parts of a treatment.

📩 DM us if you'd like to know whether it's right for you.

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698 Darling Street, Rozelle
Sydney, NSW
2039

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8am - 4pm

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+61298188517

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