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Immune boosting foods to fortify your body for winter
10 foods that will boost your immunity to fortify your body against colds and flu this winter.
Thoughts of the month with Greg Bantick
Time is not a thing, it is not a commodity to be spent, or to be sold for the highest price. Time is our life. Our life, our life force, our qi, is precious. Greg Bantick
COVID-19 Practitioner Hours Update
COVID-19 Natural Health Practitioner Hours Update for Health & Healing Wellness Centre.
COVID-19 Update April 2020
In light of the COVID-19 Pandemic and the changes made within our community, we wanted to provide our wonderful patients with a quick update of our current clinic operations.
COVID-19 Update & Tips
Some suggestions for maintaining good health in the face of COVID-19 concerns from the natural health team at Health & Healing Wellness Centre Brisbane
Ancient Chinese Medicine - Curing Cancer
Currently undergoing a 10 year trial with some already very promising results, these 4 Chinese herbs ( scientifically known as PHY906 ) are leading the way to assist in the treatment of a variety of types of cancer. These four herbs once long overlooked by western science and disregarded in the western world are now considered cutting-edge cures and are being studied across the globe.
TCM for Anxiety, Depression, and PTSD Workshop
This 2-day workshop combines herbal medicine and practitioner self-care. Bringing you a balanced experience that will expand your knowledge of herbal medicine and nourish you as a healer.
Could Chinese medicine be the possible missing link to treating vascular dementia? A promising new clinical trial is underway in Australia
A new trial is underway in Australia suggesting potential positive implications for Chinese herb Sailuotong (SLT) and the treatment of vascular dementia.
What is acupuncture and what does it really involve?
You've heard of the word acupuncture before but what is it and how does it work?
Tips on avoiding and treating cold and flu
Simple, effective ways to prevent coughs, colds, and flue. Plus, natural health advice on what to do if you catch them.
Auto Immune Response and treatment
It is possible to develop an auto immune response to anything in the body - ie: joints, organs, nerves, hormones, muscles etc. Addressing and treating this response cannot simply be based on the tissue under attack, but must also take into account the way the immune system is behaving.
Mindfulness suggestions for work stress
Mindfully moving through your day can reduce work stress. Article by Greg Bantick, Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner and acupuncturist in Brisbane
Suggestions for mindful eating
Listening to your body and observing the activity of your mind in relationship to food can help you to make and maintain healthy changes in your diet.
Brand new evidence on the effectiveness of acupuncture
A recent study by the Australian Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Association Ltd (AACMA) found evidence of the effectiveness of acupuncture for 117 conditions.
Greg Bantick’s tips for a healthy Holiday Season
There is an ideal that the holidays are meant to be fun and enjoyable. The reality is often different.
Taking Chinese Herbs - An insight by Greg Bantick
Chinese herbs can be a potent and effective medicine. Our Chinese medicine expert, Greg Bantick, explains the reasons and benefits of taking herbal medicine.
What is erythritol?
What is erythritol and is it the guilt free sugar substitute you are searching for?
When do you need Traditional Chinese Medicine?
Many people still think acupuncture is only good for pain relief. In fact, many medical conditions are well treated with traditional East Asian medicine. Acupuncture, herbal medicine, nutrition, massage, exercise, and many other techniques are included in the discipline of traditional East Asian medicine. Often times it is very helpful for health enhancement, stress reduction and learning more about our health and how to care for ourselves.
Igniting Your Spark
Sometimes you may need a little help to find your inner spark, natural health practices can help.
Adult bullying: the indignity and its consequences
Schoolyard bullying cuts deeply, but what about when this kind of behaviour extends past childhood and you find yourself being bullied as an adult?
Postnatal Depression – Identifying Risks & Working Proactively to Strengthen Mothers
Postnatal Depression – Identifying Risks and Working Proactively to Strengthen Mothers. Health & Healing Wellness Centre Brisbane
The Exhaustion Epidemic
We are over-stimulated, distracted, and physically and emotionally exhausted! So what can we do to avoid complete burn out and the health issues that come with it?
The cheapest form of medicine... Exercise!
Endless scientific research has confirmed what our innate instinct has known all along, exercise plays a key role in reducing diet and lifestyle related disease, and not just due to the effects that exercise has on weight.
Understanding Fats
Do you know your good fats from your bad? Are the bad fats really bad? Find out the facts in our 'Understanding Fats' post.
Pyrrole Disorder - A Hidden Underlying Condition
Pyrroluria is thought to affect around 10% of the population and occurs at a higher percentage in those suffering with neurological disorders such as anxiety, depression, ADHD and schizophrenia.
Saving Time In The Kitchen
We have compiled some handy ideas in order to save time in the kitchen and still get all the nutrients you need by incorporating 5 serves of vegetables per day into your diet.
LOADED QUESTION - What's hiding in your fruit and veg?
Where did your fresh produce come from? What's happened to it during picking, handling, packaging, transport, storage and supply before you get it?
Study: Eating Veggies Lengthens Life Span
Research has emerged which confirms the importance of consuming a high amount of fruit and vegetables each day. We all know we SHOULD be eating a certain amount of vegetables and fruits, BUT do we consistently manage to fit it into our diet?
University of Queensland – Presentation Panel on Cultural Diversity
Greg Bantick, Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner and acupuncturist, has participated in a presentation the University of Queensland regarding sensitivity and understanding to different cultures and viewpoints.
Importance of Detoxification
If you are feeling sluggish or are suffering from bad skin, then it’s possible your body may not be effectively eliminating toxins.
Acupuncture assists with ovulation in those with PCOS
Acupuncture has been demonstrated to improve menstrual frequency and decrease circulating testosterone in women with PCOS.
Chinese Herbs May Help Women with Breast Cancer
Chinese herbal medicine may protect the immune systems of breast cancer patients from the effects of chemotherapy, researchers said.
Period Pain & PMS
Period Pain and PMS: What your body is trying to tell you and how natural therapy can help.
Benefits of Chiropractic Treatment
Chiropractic treatment can benefit your whole body, not just your back.
Depression and Acupuncture
Depression has become so widespread that antidepressants are now the most commonly prescribed class of medication in the U.S. Over the past 20 years, the percent of Americans taking antidepressants doubled.
Acupuncture for Athletes
Researchers have now reviewed studies on the effects of acupuncture before and after exercise. Results suggest the therapy can act as a performance enhancer for athletes.
Exploring Wellbeing through Chinese Medicine - Workshop
I think one of Chinese medicine's strengths is it teaches us how to use our own senses to better understand our health and needs.
Boost your body with Naturopathy
You don't need to wait until you are feeling unwell or have an injury to consult a naturopath. Preventative treatments offered by your naturopath can maintain your healthy body.
Taxing Time for Immune Systems
Tax time, school holidays and changes in the weather can all lead to stress and reduced immune system function, leaving us susceptible to catching coughs, colds, flu and whatever else is ‘going around’.
Advances in Australian Acupuncture
The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (APHRA) has created the Chinese Medicine Board to establish practitioner qualification standards for safe practice.
Who is Greg Bantick and how can he help you?
Greg is a 30 year experienced acupuncturist and Traditional Chinese Herbalist. His focus in general practice is in the areas of fertility and women's health issues, mood disorders, skin disorders, chronic or acute pain, general wellbeing and more.
Natural Detox
Sauna's are a great way to get the body's internal mechanism's moving. A 30 minute sauna creates approximately the same amount of perspiration as a 10 kilometre run
Allergies and Intolerances
An allergy is an abnormally heightened sensitivity to a substance (allergen) that is brought into contact with the body.
Cate Campbell - Comeback from post-viral fatigue with Chinese herbs to go to the London Olympics
Swimmer Cate Campbell returns from post-viral fatigue with the help of Chinese herbal medicine.
Chronic Fatigue Help
Normal fatigue may begin to become abnormal if it becomes chronic or continues for a prolonged period of time. Long-term and severe symptoms of fatigue are referred to as prolonged fatigue or Chronic fatigue Syndrome
Dehydration, lack of sleep and poor posture can cause headaches but before you pop an over-the-counter pain killer...
Naturopathy is a great place to start when looking for natural headache cures. Headaches are one of the most common health complaints of people, regularly affecting over 3.3 million Australians.
TCM helps improve quality of life for many Australians
Traditional Chinese herbs offer a natural headache cure or a relief from pain and assists your bodies natural healing to help regain good health.
Headaches affect 1 in 7 Australians ~ How can Chiropractic Care help?
Chiropractic care has been an effectively treating neck pain and headaches for almost a century. Headaches are the most common illnesses people experience.
Acupuncture for Headaches Found to be more Cost-Effective than Conventional Drug Treatments
Acupuncture has been shown through numerous studies and independent reviews to have a positive effect on reducing the frequency of headaches, severity of headaches and has resulted in less use of conventional pain relief medications.
Acupunture doubles your chance of getting pregnant with IVF!
There has been numerous studies and research completed over the years showing that Acupuncture has a profound impact on the success rate of IVF.
Back Pain affects 8 out of 10 of us!
Considering that your back is such an integral part of your skeletal structure, this has an enormous bearing on your overall quality of life and what you can do.
Thyroid Health
Thyroid health goes beyond thyroid medicines and supplements, it requires a comprehensive approach and must include some basic fundamentals.
Hashimoto's Disease
When addressing hypothyroidism and Hashimoto's, certain nutritional and herbal compounds are invaluable. All the supplements in the world, however, will fall short if you fail to make the necessary dietary changes to support your condition.
Nutritional Study - Children - Initial Results
Our children eat and drink too much sugar, consume too many empty calories, and don't eat enough of the good things they need - especially fresh fruits and vegetables.
Emotional Stress and Its Relationship to Muscular Pain
Emotional Stress and Its Relationship to Muscular Pain - the mind-body link.
Alcohol
It can simply start out with enjoyable social drinking or just having a few drinks to relax and de-stress you when you're under pressure. Gradually, drinking alcohol may start turning into drinking for the sake of drinking.
Digestion - Stomach Acid
Digestion is a crucial part of the body’s metabolic equation. Suffering from poor digestion upsets this balance and causes your body more harm.
Microbiology - Dysbiosis
Dysbiosis is the state of disordered microbial ecology that causes disease. It may exist in the oral cavity, gastrointestinal tract or vaginal cavity.
Candida Albicans
What is Candida? How do I treat Candida Symptoms? Information on Candida and Natural Candida treatment. Read more.
Curbing Your Appetite: An in-depth look
Your first choice to curb your appetite involves taking a prescribed amount of phenylalanine which includes CCK release, a perfect way to help cut down on the amount of food you eat.
Emotional Eating - Weight Gain
Making sure that the body is adequately nourished while dieting is very important by including amino acids into your program will assist your body to work more efficiently metabolising fat and improving muscle tone, whilst supporting weight loss.
Carnitine and Weight Loss
Carnitine is an amino acid you can use to break down fat deposits in the blood vessels and muscles. Having broken down the fat, carnitine carries it into the cells where it is burned as fuel.
Gut and Liver Associated Hormonal Problems
Increased concentrations of bad bacteria in the gut produce enzymes, which can interfere with waste products that the liver excretes via bile into the gut.
Aspirin / Fish Oils
The use of long-term aspirin can cause gastric bleeding, ulcers, suppress the immune system and promote macular degeneration that causes blindness.
Natural Food Antioxidants - ORAC
We need to find natural ways to mediate inflammation when it comes to healthy ageing. Antioxidant nutrients are team players, and their job is to disarm dangerous oxidants (free radicals).
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