Traditional Chinese Medicine
An Ancient Healing System
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is an integrated system of primary health care that has an uninterrupted history of use and development in China and other parts of East Asia dating back over five thousand years.
The TCM health care system covers a range of therapeutic interventions, including acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, remedial massage, exercise therapy, food therapy, diet/lifestyle advice and preventative health care.
At the Health and Healing Wellness Centre, the most popular forms of TCM health care are acupuncture , Chinese herbal medicine and other TCM therapeutic interventions, such as TCM remedial massage.
In addition to providing effective treatment for a wide range of chronic and acute health disorders, TCM may also be used to maintain normal body functioning, regulate general immune function and assist with disease prevention.
This system of health care, in which treatments are tailored to your individual health condition, developed from the philosophy that restoring balance and normal functioning will both treat aliments and prevent other illnesses from developing.
Safe and Effective Therapies
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is based on a coherent and substantial body of knowledge developed over thousands of years of clinical practice and intellectual endeavor. Clinical and laboratory research adds to this traditional knowledge. The practitioners draw on these traditional and modern sources to arrive at individually tailored treatments.
Our Qualified AACMA practitioners are accredited to use one or more of the following TCM therapeutic interventions:
- Acupuncture;
- Chinese herbal medicine;
- TCM remedial massage.
In addition to our practitioners whose primary focus is on the above TCM modalities, they also use food therapy, nutritional supplements, lifestyle advice and exercise therapy as an adjunct to their TCM treatments.
According to TCM theory, when healthy, an abundant supply of qi (pronounced chee) or "life energy" flows unimpeded through the body's meridians. The meridians are a network of energy channels that flow through the body in well-mapped pathways.
In the flow of qi in the meridians becomes blocked or there is an adequate supply of qi, then the body fails to maintain normal function, and disease or illness follows.
Our TCM practitioners at the Health and Healing Wellness Centre look carefully for the signs of health and dysfunction, paying particular attention to not only the presenting illness or the condition, but also the medical history, general constitution, the pulse and tongue, and a range of other indicators.
Clinical assessment, diagnosis, and treatment principles are based on the theoretical frameworks of TCM, identifying the underlying symptom patterns that indicate how the body it or has become dysfunctional.
Wholistic Health Care
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) takes a Wholistic approach to understanding disease processes and focuses as much on prevention of illness as on the treatment of health conditions. Treatment targets not just the presenting signs and symptoms; it looks at underlying conditions, other health problems and the general state of health and well-being.
Most diseases or illnesses present with a core set of recognisable signs and symptoms, but the actual presentation of a particular disease or illness will vary from person to person. For this reason, people with similar health conditions may be provided with quite different TCM treatments.
At the health and Healing Wellness Centre our qualified practitioners are able to prescribe a TCM treatment that specifically matches and treats your individual health problem, using therapeutic modalities in which they specialise. As your condition changes and improves with treatment, the TCM treatment is also adjusted and modified until the desired health outcome is achieved.
Specific Modalities
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Jean-Paul Staats
Jean-Paul is the original founder of the Health & Healing Wellness Centre. Jean-Paul has seen thousands of patients in his 18 years of practice, which has given him the fantastic opportunity of seeing what actually works and what doesn’t when it comes to taking the present level of a person's being and turning it around to much higher level of health and vibrant living.
Jane Ma
Jane has an extensive knowledge of Chinese Medicine, having studied in both Australia and China. Jane specialises in all aspects of womens health, from infancy onwards and has had great success with fertility.
