Grounded Medicine

Grounded Medicine Grounded Medicine specialises in Chinese Herbal Medicine and Acupuncture for Mental Health & Surfers. Servicing the Surf Coast

// the clinic waiting room //I love natural environmentsNatural things I love creating spaces for people to come back to...
20/07/2024

// the clinic waiting room //
I love natural environments
Natural things
I love creating spaces for people to come back to their deepest truest self.
It's all part of it; the set and setting.
Bright lights and sterile environments are, for me, not a place of deep healing
Nature has all of the answers
And so do you xx
Come visit ☁️☁️☁️

I started delving into the world of Psychotherapy recently and it has been wildly validating for my Chinese Medicine pra...
01/07/2024

I started delving into the world of Psychotherapy recently and it has been wildly validating for my Chinese Medicine practice. Mainly because from the get go we don’t access one to three sessions of therapy and think it will completely heal us.

We are all a work in progress. I often find people come to me as a last resort. Things have been around for a while, if not years, a decade even and they can feel frustrated if things do not completely change within a few sessions. Often things do dramatically change within a few sessions and then I don’t see them again and the symptoms reappear down the track because the root cause has not been worked on.

I find a large part of my day to day is managing expectations. And the mystery of Chinese Medicine often gets the projectional expectation that it will fix someone in a few sessions. Thinking about therapy and the regular access of therapy as a journey or work in progress is wildly helpful here. Or even building muscle at the gym. Would you expect to go a couple or five times and have your life change forever?

While this medicine is pretty magic and one session can have a dramatic impact that is long lasting. It is not going to take rooted symptomology and shift it forever if you don’t commit to at least a few months of regularity.

They say it takes 3 months for a red blood cell to reach maturity. And from a Chinese Medicine lens it takes about this long to affect the JING (essence, your essential self, blueprint, DNA, deep core self), if there are not a lot of layers on the top to work through.
6 months is more likely if there are a lot of more superficial symptoms to work through first.

I feel 6 months to change some long held issues is pretty cool and wildly magic. Unfortunately it just takes some commitment and work. I am here for it if you are ready. Get in touch. Let’s work at those deep levels and layers.

I started delving into the world of Psychotherapy recently and it has been wildly validating for my Chinese Medicine pra...
01/07/2024

I started delving into the world of Psychotherapy recently and it has been wildly validating for my Chinese Medicine practice. Mainly because from the get go we don’t access one to three sessions of therapy and think it will completely heal us.

We are all a work in progress. I often find people come to me as a last resort. Things have been around for a while, if not years, a decade even and they can feel frustrated if things do not completely change within a few sessions. Often things do dramatically change within a few sessions and then I don’t see them again and the symptoms reappear down the track because the root cause has not been worked on.

I find a large part of my day to day is managing expectations. And the mystery of Chinese Medicine often gets the projectional expectation that it will fix someone in a few sessions. Thinking about therapy and the regular access of therapy as a journey or work in progress is wildly helpful here. Or even building muscle at the gym. Would you expect to go a couple or five times and have your life change forever?

While this medicine is pretty magic and one session can have a dramatic impact that is long lasting. It is not going to take rooted symptomology and shift it forever if you don’t commit to at least a few months of regularity.

They say it takes 3 months for a red blood cell to reach maturity. And from a Chinese Medicine lens it takes about this long to effect the JING (essence, the deepest part of you, essential you, your blueprint/DNA), if there are not a lot of layers on the top to work through.
6 months is more likely if there are a lot of more superficial symptoms to work through first.

I feel 6 months to change some long held issues is pretty cool and wildly magic. Unfortunately it just takes some commitment and work. I am here for it if you are ready. Get in touch. Let’s work at those deep levels and layers.

This is my bliss calm face after a day of surfing, walking, bathing in hot springs.I was reflecting on the importance of...
25/08/2022

This is my bliss calm face after a day of surfing, walking, bathing in hot springs.
I was reflecting on the importance of connection to self in health.
Ultimately this connection is the root of health and harmony. Above all.
The practitioners highest intention potential is to support the patient into a place where they can be closer to themselves, rooted in themselves.
This doesn't mean illness or challenges won't prop up.
It just means that no matter what comes you have the roots to face the storm.
That is what I aim to support in all of my treatments always and Chinese medicine has such an amazing capacity for this endeavour.
The way it understands what is deficient, stagnant, stuck, repressed continues to amaze me on a daily basis.
A new clinic space is brewing. Stay tuned. For now online sessions are available for all your herbal, lifestyle and diet musings

Your digestive capacity and strength can be undermined by fatigue / lack of rest / not sleeping according to proper circ...
09/04/2022

Your digestive capacity and strength can be undermined by fatigue / lack of rest / not sleeping according to proper circadian rhythm cycles.
Read that again.
In Chinese medicine this depletes out kidneys and kidney yang and qi power our digestive (and most of our body systems).
They are the pilot light beneath the cooking on the stove that is our stomach.
Not sleeping according to healthy circadian rhythms is so important, this includes inconsistent sleep patterns.
Think about the one hour change of day light savings, it messes our clocks up for weeks to months. It's a delicate system that requires relative consistency.
This is all to say. It may not be (just) the food you are eating or not eating that is undermining your digestive capacity it might be more systemic. Try to get into good sleep habits and routines for 3 months and see what can shift.
More rest, sleeping earlier, waking earlier, getting consistent 8hours (and more if the kidneys are depleted and need restoration)

// Herbal spotlight //// Ji Xue Teng //A herb that invigorates the bloodThis is such a beautiful herb --- in function an...
16/02/2022

// Herbal spotlight //
// Ji Xue Teng //
A herb that invigorates the blood
This is such a beautiful herb --- in function and also colour.
It mutually tonifies (supports) blood and invigorates it (moves).
It relaxes the sinews (muscles/tendons/fascia/ligaments) and supports the meridians.
What does this mean??
It's useful in painful period syndromes, anaemia and pain.
It's a useful herb when we are deficient yet experience pain at the same time.
Perhaps it's used to support a painful clotted period with fatigue or perhaps fatigue in combination with numbness/pain in the lower back or joints.
Like most eastern medicine herbs we use them in combination in a formula to support the pattern and syndrome not just speak to the symptoms.

// Period Pain //Do you experience period pain? Clotting? Dark blood? Light bleeds? Pale blood?Chinese medicine Cliff no...
04/02/2022

// Period Pain //
Do you experience period pain? Clotting? Dark blood? Light bleeds? Pale blood?
Chinese medicine Cliff notes version: a deficiency of fluids and blood is often a massive contributor to this.
Eating wet foods that slowly release fluids into your digestive system will increase your systemic hydration which will increase your body's quality and volume of blood. Blood has the capacity to be more oxygenated; less clots, fuller colour and smoother flow.
Secondly, increasing the quality of your drinking water to increase yin (fluids,blood) in your system is also a huge benefit here. This looks like filtered water with added yin that has been filtered out -- add a little good quality salt or trace minerals.
Clotting and pain are often synonymous and stagnant blood can also be tied up in old emotional repression and trauma so treatment here is paramount too. Another cliff notes post on this topic another time. For now increase your wet foods!! Especially in the morning and with three months of consistency and dedication to this (while decreasing drying foods) you will notice a difference.
For more info on wet foods there's another post on my feed xx
Hit me with any questions below

Stomach yin is synonymous with the mucosal lining of the GI tract, gut.It is imperative that this is nourished for good ...
10/11/2021

Stomach yin is synonymous with the mucosal lining of the GI tract, gut.
It is imperative that this is nourished for good health.
When we eat drying foods, especially on an empty stomach --- I’m looking at you coffee(s) in the morning (another post on this soon) we burn up this lining. This causes a host of digestive and immune issues.
We can do this for a while but after some time, depending on our age and resources saved up in our body's reserved it will eventually cause issues.
These reserves get depleted and we don't have them for when we may require - big emotional stressors, accidents, trauma etc.
Other culprits are lots of spicy food, garlic, onion, chocolate, sugar, dried crackers in excess, you get the picture.
Stomach yin is the basis of a healthy immune system, it finances it. When we eat foods that support it there is enough stomach yin to create blood and other fluids required to nourish the organs, hormones, skin, eyes, nose etc.
One major indication that this lining is weak is digestive issues like food intolerances, gas, bloating, burping, depression, anxiety – issues with serotonin levels.
In the morning, putting wet cooked foods, twenty minutes after some warm water, into your stomach is a great step in supporting your stomach yin and therefore immune system and gut brain axis.
Oats are my favourite this week, loving putting ginger, lemon peel, blueberries, almonds and ground flax, loads of water – I let them soak in the pot over night and put on the stove on a slow burn while I drink my morning warm water.
If you are experiencing any digestive issues and would like some support please get in touch. I would love to support you in your digestive journey to better clarity, immunity and energy day to day.

Changing our diets can feel like one of the hardest things at times (most of the time). Not because we don’t want to be ...
28/10/2021

Changing our diets can feel like one of the hardest things at times (most of the time). Not because we don’t want to be healthy but because food is so emotionally based. It is how we nourish and nurture ourselves, sometimes this is out of whack (earth element – stomach/spleen-pancreas) and we over nurture or under nurture according to our natural disposition, how we have adapted to circumstances, and constitutional make up.
Sometimes just replacing a few habits can change your health picture in such a big way. It does take time but often people feel the effects almost instantly.
I find clarity of mind and more energy tend to be the first things people report. A shift in digestive issues closely follows behind.
I get it, I’m there with you. I often know a certain habit at a point in time isn’t serving me and it can often take me a few weeks, or more to actually change it.
I argue with myself, throw an internal tantrum and think “I’m already so healthy why do I have to give this one up now”.
But eventually I realise, I’m the one that is suffering because of the habit I won’t shake. Maybe it’s a habit I don’t need to shake it forever, maybe just a few months.
Often if we tell ourselves let’s try this for a week, then another week, and take baby steps our body eventually adjusts.
We then get attached to this new feeling of clarity, or better digestion, or more energy and it’s the new healthy thing that’s perfect for us that we don’t want to give up and that old habit that we couldn’t imagine our days without is a distant memory.
I often chuckle at this process in hindsight, we are such funny creatures don’t you think?
Tell me, what is a habit of yours you know isn’t good for you and want to shake? Share below, I’m so interested to hear about it, please tell me more!!
If you are interested in learning more about how you can change your diet and lifestyle for your health and how Chinese Medicine can help you do this, get in touch. I’d love to hear from you.

Congee is the perfect breakfast, lunch or dinner. It keeps for a few days and you can use as a left over and add differe...
27/10/2021

Congee is the perfect breakfast, lunch or dinner. It keeps for a few days and you can use as a left over and add different condiments and/or new additions to make it like you’ve cooked an entire new dish.
Eating it plain restores and rests the spleen, while nourishing the stomach lining. It is so gentle, it is perfect for when you have a cold, flu, or appetite has diminished. So much water is absorbed in the process of cooking, this is how it can restore hydration. It is a great hangover cure.
Use different additions and condiments according to what your body is asking for.
Poached eggs, chicken, fish are great protein options.
Cooking in bone broth supports constitutional (kidney) health and is a great way to get more broth into your diet and belly.
Watercress, tarragon, kale, Chinese broccoli, any greens, are great to support the liver.
Aduzki beans for vegan protein option that supports the kidney and heart connection. Tofu is also a lovely protein option for vegans.
Mushrooms and seaweed are delightful and support the kidneys and bladder.
Pumpkin is an all-time favourite of mine – it’s SO delicious and sweet, makes the congee orange and supports metabolism and the spleen and stomach (also small intestine).
Any squash addition is beautiful and, also supports spleen, stomach, small intestine.
In some cases where your digestion is severely compromised this may not be the right option for you.
Get in contact if you would like to know more and see where Chinese medicine can help support any imbalance you may be experiencing, digestive or otherwise. I would love to hear from you.

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