During the winter months, try cooking with sage and thyme. These both have anti-bacterial properties and can help to prevent coughs, colds, and respiratory infections.
Sage and thyme can be used to stuff fish or meat or can be sprinkled vegetables as they are stir-fried. Try experimenting with a few recipes.
“If you want other people to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.”
Dalai Lama
When most people think about acupuncture, they normally think about the treatment of bad backs or sports injuries. Certainly, many of the patients who go to see acupuncturists are looking for help with issues such as these, and NICE (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence) recommends acupuncture as a front-line treatment for chronic non-specific… Continue reading
Due to logistical issues, the mother and baby acupuncture clinic that was due to open at my Greenwich clinic next week will be a few weeks later in opening. We are probably looking at an opening date in mid-February now.
http://www.londonacupuncturetherapy.co.uk/mother-baby.php
“If you want other people to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.”
Dalai Lama
Eating well is an important part of good health. Like all good things in life, this requires a little bit of effort, patience, and work on our part. Which means rather than grabbing a bag of chips on the way home from work, actually waiting until we get home and taking the time to cook… Continue reading
… all the wonderful people in the NHS. A member of my family had health problems last year which necessitated two stays in hospital and regular treatment from outpatient departments. The care he received from all the staff at King’s College Hospital and from the ambulance crews was superb – both competent and compassionate.
Unfortunately,… Continue reading
Aside from acupuncture, there are several other adjunctive therapies that most practitioners use. Cupping is possibly the most well-known of these, thanks in no small part to several Hollywood actresses who have had treatments carried out and then been photographed in backless dresses with big red marks on their backs.
Depending upon how strongly it… Continue reading
Having worked as an acupuncturist for eight years and seen lots of patients, I can honestly say that I think the two most important things we can do to maintain good health are to make sure we eat very well and to try to avoid stress.
Of course, sometimes ill health is beyond our control… Continue reading
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