B&Q Acupuncture Blog
This is where we cover off the different ways Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture can improve your health and alleviate specific conditions.
Acupuncture for Morton’s Neuroma
What is Morton’s Neuroma? Morton’s neuroma is thickening of the tissue around one of the nerves in the foot. The body most likely forms this tissue to protect the nerve from stress and pressure. For many athletes with foot pain, this can feel like you are stepping on...
Thyroid Disorder and Acupuncture
The thyroid is a small, butterfly-shaped gland in the front of your neck that makes two thyroid hormones: thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3). Thyroid hormones control how the body uses energy, so they affect nearly every organ in your body, even your heart....
The significant contributions of Traditional Chinese medicine for COVID-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a new acute respiratory infectious disease, and the global epidemic is still spreading since the outbreak in December 2019, becoming a major global public health event. Until now, there is still no effective clinical therapeutic...
Postpartum Confinement and Chinese Medicine
Being a new mother is a life-changing moment. Starting your own family and going into another stage of your life is a unique and fulfilling experience for many, but it can also bring a new set of challenges and responsibilities that comes with looking after your baby,...
Evidence-based Acupuncture for Headache and Migraine
Migraines/headaches are difficult to treat, and current treatment options have many unwanted side effects, such as exacerbating headache pain in those with chronic migraine. Therefore, while the primary treatment for migraines is drug therapy, acupuncture is gaining...
Acupuncture for Luteal Phase Defect
The luteal phase of women’s cycle is the time from ovulation until your period starts. A normal luteal phase should be 14 days which gives a fertilized egg enough time to implant and start to signal to your body that it’s there. A luteal phase lasting less than 12...
Acupuncture for Hayfever and Sinus Congestion
With a seasonal transition just around the corner, it’s that time of year again, when calls come in B&Q Acupuncture clinic requesting acupuncture help with hay fever and sinusitis. Hay fever is the common name for a condition called allergic rhinitis, which...
How To Increase IVF Success Rate Naturally—Frozen Embryo Tansfer (FET)
A frozen embryo transfer (FET) is a cycle where a frozen embryo from a previous fresh IVF cycle is thawed and transferred back into a woman's uterus. In recent research, frozen embryo transfers are 10% more likely to result in a live birth than a fresh one, making...
How To Reduce FSH Naturally
Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), is a hormone produced by the pituitary gland to stimulate the ovaries to develop follicles. It is checked routinely between days 2-4 of the menstrual cycle. The reason is woman’s FSH level fluctuates daily at different days of the...
How To Increase IVF Success Rate Naturally—Before Egg Retrieval
In Australia, the IVF success rates (clinical pregnancy) range from 44.9% for patients under 34 years, to 11.7% for patients over 43 years. If you have decided to start IVF treatment, it is worth to prepare your body and mind for it as soon as possible, as it could...
Acupuncture For Labour Induction
Labour normally starts naturally any time between 37 and 42 weeks of pregnancy. The cervix softens and starts to open, you will get contractions, and your waters break. In natural labour, the contractions build up slowly, but in medical induced labour they can start...
Check Your Cervical Mucus To Track Ovulation
Throughout a woman’s menstrual cycle, the amount, color, and consistency of cervical mucus changes due to hormone levels fluctuation. Checking your cervical mucus will help you monitor the difference stages of your cycle so that you can better time intercourse to...
Miscarriage and Chinese Medicine
In Australia, up to one in five pregnancy women will have a miscarriage before 20 weeks (mostly in the first trimester). The actual rate of miscarriage is even higher because some women have very early miscarriages without ever realising that they were pregnant....
5 Natural Tips to Thicken Uterus Lining
A thick healthy endometrial lining (uterus lining) is important in pregnancy increase the chance of the embryo to implant successfully and receive enough nutritions it needs, as well as a healthy, full-term pregnancy. Studies suggest that a uterine lining thickness...
7 Tips to Improve Egg Quality Naturally
Women are born with a fixed number of eggs you have in your lifetime, but the egg quality is affected by various factors, so it is always good to improve your overall health as a way to improve your fertility potential. This improvement in egg quality leads to an...
Healthy Diet in Traditional Chinese Medicine
Do you start your day with a cold green juice and have raw salad for lunch? It sounds reasonably health. However, according to traditional Chinese medicine, it might not suit your particular body constitution. 1. What is the five nature of food? In traditional...
Monitoring Your Basal Body Temperature (BBT) In Menstrual Cycle
Basal body temperature (BBT) charting is a great way to track your cycles and ovulation patterns. It can also help your doctor detect possible ovulatory infertility. Why Should I Track My BBT? Monitoring your basal body temperature (BBT) is the easiest, cheapest, and...
To accelerate the Bell’s Palsy recovery, Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine is an effective approach
What is Bell’s Palsy? How does Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine help Bell’s Palsy? What can we do to help the recovery? When is the most important time phase for the Bell’s Palsy recovery? Here are the answers: Welcome to...
How to Prepare for your First Acupuncture Appointment?
If you have made your first acupuncture appointment with B&Q Acupuncture, knowing how to prepare and care for yourself before your session will help your body make the most of your treatment. 1) Have an appropriate amount of food before acupuncture It is the best...
Chinese Medicine for Eczema and Lifestyle Advice
Eczema, also known a dermatitis is a debilitating skin condition that affects 1 in 3 Australian (Eczema Association of Australia). The most common form being atopic dermatitis with its classic itching, redness and dryness especially in the folds of the skin, like the...
How To Schedule Acupuncture Sessions During IVF?
Acupuncture is a very effective supporting treatment for women undergoing IVF (in vitro fertilization), making the process more comfortable, less stressful, and increasing odds for success. To schedule acupuncture sessions carefully would achieve a better chance of...
Western Mechanism of Action for Acupuncture
Although acupuncture is just one component of traditional Chinese medicine, its precise effects on the human body remains an area on ongoing investigation. From a Western perspective acupuncture induces effects on neuropeptides, local circulation, inflammation, and...
Eastern Mechanism of Action for Acupuncture
In order to understand the eastern mindset regarding acupuncture, it is important that we discuss Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) theory. While it is not possible cover all aspects of TCM given the vast amount of information and history, we will briefly touch upon...
Psoriasis and Traditional Chinese Medicine
One of most common skin conditions treated by Chinese medicine is Psoriasis, one of the scaling disorders. This can range from lots of small spots spread over the body as in guttate psoriasis, to localized thickened round, well demarcated scaly plaques as in plaque...
Clinical Trials Show How Acupuncture Supports Digestive Disorders
The World Health Organisation (WHO) have specifically reviewed, analysed and reported upon the valuable and comparable support and relief acupuncture provides for common gastroenterological symptoms across many disorders. For example, epigastric pain – a common...
Skin Disorders and TCM treatments
Skin disorders are very common and the discomfort of conditions like Acne, Eczema and Psoriasis is frequently accompanied by pain, itching and distress over their appearance.Dermatology is a recognised speciality in traditional Chinese medicine. For thousands of...
Digestive disorders and Traditional Chinese Medicine
The old saying ‘you are what you eat’ has some truth, yet why is it if we change our dietary habits, take supplements and exercise it quite often is not enough to remedy a digestive disorder that has occurred. Over the counter products are easily available to aid us...
Acupuncture for emotional and mental health
As a normal part of life, stress enables us to get things done. If left unmanaged, stress can lead to emotional, psychological, and even physical problems. Acupuncture for Stress Stressful situations that last over a long period of time can create an ongoing low-level...
Acupuncture for pain management
Acupuncture is a complementary therapy that is being increasingly used in the day-to-day management of pain. It originated in China, over 3000 yr ago and is practised worldwide. Everyone experiences pain at some time. It might be the result of an injury, operation, or...