Phi and Clare love talking about food. Nutrition is one of those topics that really gets us fired up – and in this episode you can share in our deep passion and love for the intricacies of different food combinations for different patients. This week Phi and Clare discuss the “Berfooda” Triangle – The nutritional Trifecta of Doom: gluten, dairy and cane sugar. Should our patients be eating gluten? Are some people ok with dairy? When should patients not have dairy products? What about cane sugar?...
Jun 26, 2016•47 min•Ep. 19
This week we are lucky to have Gye Bennetts join us again to discuss things that can get in the way of your acupuncture treatments having the best effect. More 5 element wisdom in this episode as we go into discussion of Entry-Exit blocks, Possession and the Seven Dragons, plus the importance of clearing Aggressive Energy – and how not to do it!! Gye has also included some notes to go with today’s episode, Heavenly Qi Podcast – Blocks to Treatment to use as a reference for yourself. You can find...
Jun 13, 2016•39 min•Ep. 18
Gye Bennetts joins us this week for a discussion about 5 element diagnosis. We hear from Gye about his first experience with 5 element acupuncture, and we even have his great impersonation of the 5 sounds associated with each element. Such a treat! Gye has also included some notes to go with today’s episode, Heavenly Qi Podcast – 5 Element Diagnosis to use as a reference for yourself. You can find more information about Gye and 5 element acupuncture on his website www.5element.com.au We hope you...
Jun 06, 2016•51 min•Ep. 17
Chip Chace joins us this week to discuss palpation based Chinese Medicine. How can you know for sure that your acupuncture treatment has improved someone’s Qi? What is the herbal formula you’ve prescribed actually doing to the Jin Ye fluids? How can you know this for sure – rather than relying on crossed fingers? Chip has delved into the intricacies of palpation, and has refined some techniques of being able to assess the many aspects of Qi, Yin, Yang, Blood and fluids that we are trying to brin...
May 30, 2016•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 16
How do you get onto good terms with your cosmic receptionist? – and why do you even need a cosmic receptionist? Expect that you will have feelings of competency that will wax and wane with time. Expect to have years where you will feel like you are totally nailing it. Then maybe a few years on, you will have periods of time where feel like you know nothing – as the universe sends you a bunch of patients to teach you the next layer of info. Phi and Clare discuss these two topics, and 10 others, i...
May 23, 2016•43 min•Ep. 15
Why did Zhang Zhong Jing give Chi Shao to pregnant women? What happens if you use the wrong type of Chai Hu? How do you know if your Gui Zhi is any good? Simon Feeney has been delving into the intricacies of Han Dynasty medicine according to the writings of Zhang Zhong Jing – and we discuss these topics and more in detail in this week’s episode. Simon Feeney has a very deep relationship with Zhang Zhong Jing as the eternal mentor. What he has learned through his study of the Shang Han Lun and th...
May 17, 2016•54 min•Ep. 14
How big is a Han Dynasty egg yolk? How does this help us to prescribe Li Zhong Wan properly – as the way Zhang Zhong Jing intended? Simon Feeney reveals all in this episode on classical Han dynasty herbal medicine. Simon Feeney has a very deep relationship with Zhang Zhong Jing as the eternal mentor. What he has learned through his study of the Shang Han Lun and the Jing Gui Yao Lue is only enhanced by his passion for the preserving of history. Simon’s clinic is Empirical Health and is based in ...
May 08, 2016•42 min•Ep. 13
This week Clare and Phi talk with Dr Kerry Watson OMD about using Classical Chinese Medicine for the treatment of Shen Disorders. incorporating meditation into treatment plans for patients how disharmony within each of the 5 elements can manifest in the Shen in different ways the links between transpersonal psychology, Buddhist and Daoist psychology and using these frameworks as a basis for understanding and treating the Shen. Kerry has been practising Chinese medicine since the 1970s, and has l...
May 02, 2016•43 min•Ep. 12
Are cooked foods always essential for someone with weak Spleen Qi? How much of Spleen Qi function falls under the anatomical pancreas? How did we end up talking about the way the large intestine functions as governed by the Spleen? Phi and Clare raise many questions, and answer some of them, whilst leaving some open for discussion. We discuss the ways in which yet again Chinese medicine offers polarising and contradictory theories and recommendations for the treatment of weak digestion and weak ...
Apr 25, 2016•32 min•Ep. 11
This week Phi and Clare speak with Jeff Shearer from Ethical Practice about how to heal your sick clinic. The common struggles that practitioners face What to do if not enough patients are coming in the door What if not enough people are rebooking or coming for follow up appointments The ins and outs of discounting. Jeff also has written an article on discounting which you can download from here . Jeff Shearer has been in practice for 21 years, and has run a range of businesses and clinics rangi...
Apr 18, 2016•42 min•Ep. 10
In this week’s episode, Phi and Clare talk about ways in which they inspire their patients to want to experience themselves at optimum health. what is optimum health? what are some of the barriers to cultivating good health? what are some of the methods they use to inspire patients to have the desire to experience their own body & being at optimum? Please join the conversation on our Facebook page , we would love to hear you ideas on this topic....
Apr 11, 2016•30 min•Ep. 9
In this week’s episode, Phi and Clare talk with Lonny Jarrett about talking – how we can use words as treatment tools in the clinic, and how the way we interact with and respond to our patients can cultivate a powerful healing space. Lonny is the author of Nourishing Destiny, and the Clinical Practice of Chinese Medicine – both books can be found at www.spiritpathpress.com Lonny’s website www.nourishingdestiny.com has a community forum, articles and audio files You will find Lonny’s teaching sch...
Apr 05, 2016•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 8
In this week’s episode, Phiona and Clare discuss what to do when you have an SOS situation in the clinic: where to start if a patient come into the clinic in a state of shock what they would do before needling in order to help the patient-practitioner interaction to settle and for the patient to be ok with needles ways in which you can clear the space energetically in the clinic This episode changed at the last minute, originally we were going to record a different episode, but after having a fu...
Mar 29, 2016•44 min•Ep. 7
In this week’s episode, we talk with Caleb Mortensen about under-utilised moxa moments. We discuss the intrinsic nature of moxa, and less commonly used ways of using moxa for patterns of presentation: using moxa for treating yin deficiency, or for expelling heat. Caleb practices Japanese acupuncture, and has been an apprentice of Katsuhiko Okuma Sensei since 2002. Caleb is holding a moxa workshop in May – along with Catherine Kato and Andrew Broomfield: The Art of Traditional Japanese Acupunctur...
Mar 21, 2016•37 min•Ep. 6
In this week’s episode, Phiona interviews Clare on introducing new patients to treatment plans, and how to manage expectation of results. They discuss verbal versus written plans, timeframes, rebooking and assessing progress. There are so many different ways we as practitioners tackle this aspect of clinical practice. We would love to hear from you about what has worked for you, and perhaps what hasn’t worked for you. Head over to our facebook page to join the conversation....
Mar 15, 2016•35 min•Ep. 5
What is it to feel the pulse without assumption? What are the qualities that we dread seeing in a patient’s tongue? How quickly do we see changes in pulse qualities and tongue features? This week we invited Chamundi Pheonix to discuss with us some of the nuances and quirks we have discovered in our 15 years of pulse and tongue diagnosis. Our guest this episode: Chamundi Pheonix Let us know your thoughts on the episode on our Facebook page ....
Mar 07, 2016•40 min•Ep. 4
How do you respond when a patient asks you “How does acupuncture work?”, “What do the needles do?”. How do you describe stagnation? Qi, yin, yang, damp, wind, dryness? Phiona and Clare explore this topic in this week’s episode of Heavenly Qi podcast. We would love to hear your comments, what are the explanations or metaphors you use with your patients? Let us know your thoughts on our Facebook page .
Mar 01, 2016•38 min•Ep. 3
“Lived experience is palpable”. This statement plays itself out for us within the clinical setting every day and we discuss this in depth in this episode with our guest Dr Peter Ferrigno. We explore the patient-practitioner interaction, and how that occurs through palpation as well as through feeling without touching. Dr Peter Ferrigno Three Lanterns Clinic Let us know your thoughts on the episode on our Facebook page ....
Feb 22, 2016•40 min•Ep. 2
What does it mean to have a clean agenda? Why do we consider it to be an important foundation for clinical interaction? In this first episode you will meet podcast hosts Dr Clare Pyers and Dr Phiona Gitsham, and learn more about them through their discussion on energetic interactions in the clinic. Subscribe to Heavenly Qi Podcasts and listen on Apple Podcasts
Feb 14, 2016•27 min•Ep. 1
