Rachel Woo - Chinese Medicine Practitioner

08/11/2025

Making Ondeh Ondeh with Mama Woo, her version is made with mashed sweet potato and glutinous rice flour, with gula melaka on the inside and grated coconut on the outside. Brings back childhood memories! 🥰

05/11/2025

As acupuncturists, we should align treatments with the body’s natural changes in blood and qi throughout the lunar cycle - avoiding draining during the crescent moon and avoiding supplementing at the full moon.

"月始生，则血气始精，卫气始行；月郭满，则血气实，肌肉坚；月郭空，则肌肉减，经络虚，卫气去，形独居。是以因天时而调血气也。" -《黄帝内经·素问·二十六》

"When the moon begins to grow, blood and qi begin to refine, and the defensive qi starts to move.
When the disk of the moon is full, blood and qi are abundant, and the muscles and flesh are firm.
When the disk of the moon is empty, the muscles and flesh wane, the channels and collaterals are vacuous, the defensive qi withdraws, and only the form remains.
Therefore, one should regulate blood and qi in accordance with the timing of Heaven." - Huang Di Nei Jing (Suwen), Chapter 26

04/11/2025

How cute is this sweet gift from a 9 year old?! She drew me at work, and even included the treatment table on the right, buffet table on the left with the acupressure model (stick figure) on top. Totally made my day! 🥰

23/10/2025

Take a moment to check in with your body and mind, are they in harmony?

20/10/2025

🌤 𝑴𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑸𝒊𝒈𝒐𝒏𝒈

Qigong is a traditional practice that nourishes the body and mind. It combines movement, breath, and mindfulness to balance and cultivate Qi, the body’s vital energy. Regular practice supports physical vitality, emotional balance, mental clarity, stronger immunity, and longevity. 🌿

15/10/2025

What’s one 'w**d' you’re trying to pull, and one good habit you’re nurturing? 🌱

02/10/2025

WARRIGAL GREENS OR NEW ZEALAND SPINACH

Also known as Native Spinach, it's one of my favourite wild finds while hiking! Used by some First Nations people and later adopted by early settlers, and it's still thriving wild today.

✅ Packed with Vitamin C, and a good of iron, calcium, magnesium and antioxidants.
⚠️ Important: Must be blanched for 1-2 mins first before eating to remove oxalates.

Sustainable, nutritious, and delicious, wild food at its best.

29/09/2025

Do you want to be someone’s breath of fresh air… or a splinter in their finger?

26/09/2025

Great read on how to break bad habits!

What are habits? Your brain is fundamentally lazy. When it can, it wires thoughts, emotions, or behaviours into circuits deep below the surface, where they become automated. Automated thoughts, feelings or behaviours are habits. And habits allow your brain to work on autopilot. During a day, hundred...

25/09/2025

Alright everyone, after some of you have been nudging me for a while 😉, I’m excited to finally announce that the long-awaited Yang Sheng Qigong course is here!

This course runs over five one-hour sessions, where I’ll guide you through two Qigong sets passed down by Li Shifu of the Five Immortals Temple on Wudang White Horse Mountain:

🌅 Morning Qigong
A sequence of 7 flowing exercises with coordinated breathwork to enhance vitality and support longevity.

💥 Rhythmic Detox (Hahagong)
A rhythmic practice that activates 20 points on the body to awaken circulation, clear stagnation, and strengthen immunity.

✨ Only 3 spots left!

👉 Register your interest here:
https://www.drrachelwoo.com/event-details/yang-sheng-qi-gong-course

24/09/2025

In medicine and in life, some things can’t wait. In my 15 years practicing TCM, I’ve seen how early treatment can change outcomes, whether in stroke recovery or in small everyday illnesses. The same applies to relationships: if we don’t communicate and address small issues as they arise, they can harden into lasting scars. Attend to things early, before they settle in too deeply, like a stain on white cloth.