Oren's Acupuncture and Bodywork

20/04/2021

Stressed? Food Cravings? Neck Pain? Try some simple self-massage.
In Chinese medicine the ear is a microsystem representing the entire body. Using some simple self-massage can therefore help improve your whole body health. Not only is the ear a reflexive area of the body, a specific protocol using the points in the image below (NADA) is used successfully in helping with all kinds of addiction from smoking cessation, to opioid addiction and alcoholism. If these points can help with such strong addictions why not use them for excess food cravings?
Neck pain? There is a very close relationship between the ears and the muscles of the neck and a very fast and effective way to reduce neck tightness or pain is a good rub on them.
Stressed? The ears are very closely related to the vagus nerve which helps regulate your sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system. Who would have thought a simple ear massage would have such profound impact?!?
Give it a try and see how you feel.

24/11/2019

Pay Attention: This May Save Someone's Life
It constantly amazes me how modern medical discoveries are being made so often which align exactly with the way the Chinese have seen things for thousands of years. Whether it be the profound importance of circadian rhythms, of which the Chinese have created a whole science, to the link found a few years ago between the lung and large intestine, to the recent connections found between small intestine and heart function, Chinese medicine just seems way ahead of the curve.

This newly found indicator for stroke is much the same. Pay attention as this may save the life of someone you love. The tongue and pulse are two very important tools in the TCM diagnosis of illness. Any TCM practitioner with basic knowledge knows that a tongue which is deviating to one side is a sign of wind pathogen. Internal wind is the main pathogen responsible for stroke in Chinese medicine and is synonymous with neurological pathology. Now modern medical research has come out with a discovery which is really old news to Chinese medicine. The latest modern medicine indicator for a stroke is the person's tongue being deviated to one side...classic Chinese medicine. If someone you know is acting strangely and cant speak coherently, seems confused and unsure of where they are, they may be having a stroke. Please ask them to smile, speak a simple sentence and then stick out their tongue. If they can't fully smile, their speech is impaired and/or their tongue deviated it is time to call an ambulance.

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23/11/2019

Healthy Hips for a Healthy Body.
Regain hip strength and mobility through natural movement. Hip health naturally leads to ankle, knee and spine health. You are only as old as your spine!

My squat clinic routine. Squatting is a primal pattern. Basic and important. This routine concentrates on rehabing squatting related functions. A complete ap...

22/11/2019

In generosity and helping others,
be like a river…

In compassion and grace,
be like sun…

In concealing others’ faults,
be like night…

In anger and fury,
be like dead…

In modesty and humility,
be like earth…

In tolerance,
be like a sea…

Either exist as you are,
or be as you look.

M.J. Rumi