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Apologies, but CHIME will be closed from 12th October 2021 as I will be off on maternity leave. Watch this space in 2022 for re-opening announcements! Thanks

05/10/2021

Last few remaining appointments this week at CHIME until 2022…

Most of you know by now (esp. if you've seen me in recent weeks!!) but from the 11th October 2021, CHIME will be closed as I go off on maternity leave 🤰

I have a few remaining appointments this week if you'd like one final treatment from me before I go (Sob!)

Already looking forward to seeing you when I'm back.... watch this space as I'll be in touch when I have a set date to return.

Thank you so much for all your ongoing support over the last 2.5 years since CHIME opened in Reigate. It's been my absolute pleasure meeting and treating so many of you.

Ellie x

27/01/2021

Little bit of self acupuncture between patients for my calf pain (running down to the clinic last week).

I’ve diagnosed stuck blood and Qi (energy) with cold in the channel. Moving it is helpful to clear the stagnation abs reduce the sharp stabbing pain but it’s essential to keep it warm with multiple layers when outside and to get heat through it.

16/01/2021

Thanks for the nomination wonderful

Hello to those of you who know me - and those of you who don’t. 👋I’m Ellie- the face (body and brains!) behind CHIME.

CHIME has existed in Reigate for nearly 2years and is a space and place you can come to for some healing, better health and a touch of happiness. 😍

I treat all people- from all walks of life and across all age groups. I treat people m struggling with mental- emotional issues, physical pain and fertility problems through to headaches, immune problems, side effects of cancer treatments and colds as well as weird and wonderful ailments that are undiagnosed in western medicine.

My doors are still open for vital medical treatment or have a question- I’m here! Don’t struggle alone x

Ps- yes this photos was taken at Xmas- probably the last time I wore make up and did my hair!!!

I nominate
and x

15/01/2021

THE COVID TONGUE- are you struggling still?? 🤷‍♀️

It’s not ‘Tongue Tuesday’ but it is very interesting to see scientist and microbiome expert .spector draw attention to the changes apparent in Covid sufferers’ tongues

Chinese medicine has always appreciated the changing face of a tongue when it comes to health- and uses the tongue to diagnose what is happening inside the body and to assess how different fluids, temperatures and illnesses may live and be spread throughout different organs.

Very often with my patients, their tongue tells me more about what is happening and from which organs issues are stemming than they know or realise themselves!

The size of the tongue tells us about fluids including phlegm and blood. As seen here in the picture from Tim Spector and from my clinic experience with long Covid patients, the tongue is usually swollen and in time will often develop tooth marks round the edges, indicating fluid retention. Once fluid is ‘stuck’ in the body (when the body is not strong enough to move, process and remove it)- people may start to experience a move from a phlegmy cough to a dry cough, thirst, dry skin, headaches, as well as lethargy, fluid retention in the legs, joints and bloating.

Often Covid starts with a white greasy coat on the tongue- indicating a damp cold pathogen invading the body... and in time if the body can’t expel it (indicated by alternating fever and chills) the tongue coat can turn yellow as it stagnates in the body and causes heat to build up. Signs of stagnation may be intense headaches and pains, feeling of pressure (eg behind the eyes) or loud high pitch tinnitus.

I’ve also noticed Long Covid tongues to be sunken in the centre or have a crack- usually indicative of weak digestion and energy, as well as dark sublingual veins underneath- indicating blood stagnation.

I’m finding that patients who are consuming ‘wet’ foods such as soups, broths and stews are doing well, as well as increasing mushrooms, and avoiding raw uncooked foods and smoothies, bananas, avocados, dairy and sugar.

06/01/2021

As a medical clinic, CHIME will remain open during lockdown with reduced hours to provide vital medical services to support your emotional and physical needs.😍

As always, CHIME will be following the latest Government guidelines, ensuring the strictest Covid- secure procedures are adhered to.

If you are unsure if you are able to access treatment at this time or have any questions or concerns, please get in touch.

🙏CHIME is here to support you. Don’t struggle alone 🙏

07/12/2020

Are you being held back by your past??

Is there something that affects you more than you think it should?

Or perhaps an ongoing issue that you can’t shake?

An emotion that has bit been expressed or processed properly very often will linger and start to manifest with physical signs in the body too. 🤷‍♀️

In the western word we don’t often connect physical pain to emotional pain and vice versa, nor is it commonplace to accept that our past might still affect us- it’s easier to segment life into chunks or chapters and turn the page ready for the next day. But life doesn’t work like this, our past affects our present, and our future too.

Give yourself the best future you can by addressing your past.

Thanks for these words - hopefully catch up soon 💙

02/12/2020

QUESTION FOR YOU....

Do you wear a personal tracking device such as a , or maybe a ? Or do you measure your inputs or outputs in some way? Do you look at step count, or hours of sleep? Or perhaps calories in and out? 🤷‍♀️

Beyond tracking your physical self- perhaps you journal your emotions as a record of feelings or maybe you’re up with the latest tech and are also tracking your emotional self with the new tracker ??🤣😒😩😢😝

👍 This is all well and good, and information and knowledge are definitely powerful... but do you know what all this data means?? So what if you slept 6 hours... what does this mean for your body and mind? How does this affect you overall, and what changes do you need to make to be healthier, happier, better? 🤷‍♀️

As you’ll know by now- I’m a big fan of looking at your tongue and taking your pulse, alongside a full, holistic,, 360 degree diagnosis. All of the bits of information taken are then put together into a complete picture to see how things connect, relate and affect you overall. Chinese medicine has been ‘tracking’ humans for 2000 years and every session looks at what’s going on inside and outside the body and mind together

Tracking is great, but we need to start thinking more holistically, more connected and more in a joined up way. We are physical, emotional, mental, spiritual beings with a lot going on!💜

30/11/2020

👍 Great to see conversations and steps being taken to provide personalised, specific health and wellness treatments. In this episode we hear about personalised diets, tracking health and individualisation 👍

You are not all the same, you do not have the same genetic make up, blood, or microbiome, not r the same experiences in life, needs, attitudes and behaviours.

This is one of the most powerful thing about Acupuncture- treating you as an individual, based on a your own signs and symptoms and personal needs.

Come and be treated for YOUR needs 🙏

19/11/2020

With articles like this appearing every week- isn’t it time we talked about LONG COVID?? 😷

https://www.england.nhs.uk/2020/11/nhs-launches-40-long-covid-clinics-to-tackle-persistent-symptoms/

There is a lot we don't know about Covid. But from from what I've seen in clinic- mental illness Is a common residual problem...alongside some of the following:

👉Signs and symptoms which come and go- seemingly better for a bit before getting worse again.
👉Severe fatigue (because of an underlying digestive weakness)
👉Pounding/ explosive migraines (Previously too much heat in the body)
👉Problems with their eyes, tingling limbs or shaking (because of an underlying blood condition)
👉Joint pain and stiffness (from an underlying fluid imbalance)

From a Chinese Medicine point of view (put very simply) your ‘defensive energy’ or Wei Qi (pronounced ‘Way chee’) is comparable to the immune system in Western medicine.

When this (and other types of energy you have) are strong, it enables your body to fight off unwanted invaders like illnesses (these are people who may be untouched by Covid or carriers of it, rather than sufferers).

But when the Wei Qi is weak (often through stress, poor diet and lifestyle factors, ongoing illness, lack of sleep or just a weaker constitution from birth), Wei Qi can become depleted and therefore ineffective. When this happens, the body becomes too weak to defend itself and to ‘throw out’ an illness- so it ‘lingers’ and remains.

Those who continue to negatively experience signs and symptoms long after they have been ‘cleared’ of Covid may therefore have ongoing inflammation and disease 'trapped' between the inside and outside of the body.

Who knows- Acupuncture may just be a good way to try to tackle this... it works holistically with the body and mind, with people and their individual issues to bring about balance- clearing fullness and strengthening weakness

18/11/2020

⚠️THIS TREATMENT FEELS REALLY NICE, DOES NOT HURT AT ALL and the colour on the skin is VERY TEMPORARY.- lasting no more than a few days maximum⚠️

🤷‍♀️ WHAT IS THIS... I hear you ask!!?

Some people come to CHIME JUST for some of this ‘gua sha’ as it’s really relaxing and a great treatment. Think of it like a message- but a reverse massage. Instead of pressing down to move stuck ‘knots’ (blood and Qi) and tension, it opens up the Channels and creates more space for these ‘stuck things’ to freely flow around the body. This makes you feel calmer, relaxed and less hot (ie often used for tension, stress, tightness, physical aches and pains and even things like menopause and fevers!!)

🤷‍♀️ So... HOW DOES IT WORK?
Gua Sha uses a piece of jade moved in a downward direction to stimulate the skin to increase blood flow and to ‘open up the skin’

It can be done at different strengths depending on the ailment and constitutional strength of the client and the resulting colours on the skin can range from yellow through to dark purple, each of which signifies a different problem happening inside the body. The purple red colour here tells me a lot about what is causing this woman chronic and ongoing neck and back problems (eg if it was yellow, grey, light pink for example, it would means something else diagnostically!)

(Posted with permission)

17/11/2020

Tongue Tuesday 👅

This person needs strengthening and building up. They are constantly tired, light headed, have no appetite, irregular and light periods and are always cold.

Many of these things can be seen on her tongue

💪 The tongue curls under which is a sign of deficiency
💪 The crack in the middle signifies a digestive weakness- most likely relating to appetite
💪 it’s pale and thin- their blood could do with being nourished - which causes light headedness, scanty periods and tiredness

Acupuncture and heating herbs will help to make this woman feel more energised, warmer and to build her digestive system.... which should in turn take care of the rest!

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