Learn more about your symptoms through my book selection:
Chinese Medicine Books
Chinese medicine books are what you need to support studying acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine. Also for Tuina, Guasha and 5 Elements.
Element Acupuncture Points
Element points lie between elbow and finger-tip or knee and toe-tip. They hugely enhance other acupuncture strategies but some acupuncturists ignore them!
5 Elements acupuncture: The Five phases
5 elements acupuncture is enjoying a resurgence in popularity, even spreading back to China from Europe. It can make for powerful treatment..
Acupuncture Meridians List
Want a list of the acupuncture meridians (channels) with links to the individual meridians themselves? This is it!
Large Intestine Channel: Arm Bright Yang
The Large Intestine Channel may seem unimportant! But it has several of the most-frequently used points, and is vital for many head problems.
Acupuncture Point Evidence
What acupuncture point evidence is there? Lots! And growing! Hard to refute, though sceptics will always exist. But even WHO is convinced.
Kidney Yang Foods: Foods that Build Yang Energy
Kidney yang foods sound good don’t they? Giving you oomph, mojo, get-up-and-go! But just like a baby, it starts with Mum – yin energy!
Blood-Clearing Foods: Help Improve your Blood Quality
Blood-clearing foods help remove heating and toxic matter from your blood. They help ‘detox’ the drawbacks of blood-building foods.
Damp Foods: Foods That Cause and Clear Damp
Damp foods are foods that often make Damp problems worse in your body. Avoiding them will help most chronic Damp conditions.
Food for Covid 19
What’s the best food for covid 19 problems if you’re on anti-inflammatory medicine for immune type problems but suspect you have the virus?
Meat – A Blood-Building Food
No food is all bad, and certainly not meat. But it pays to know what’s good and what’s not about it. Knowing that, you can take precautions against damage.
Bitter Taste Food helps steady your Fire Energy
The bitter taste alerts us to poison, but in food, we need some of it to balance our heart and fire energies. It also keeps us regular!
Qi Stagnation Reviews
People who’ve read my book are kindly writing what they think and you can read their opinions at Qi Stagnation Reviews.
Transport Points – 5 element points used differently
All 12 primary acupuncture channels have these Five Transport points. Same as the Five Element points, but seen through a different prism.
Yuck Phlegm Reviews
This page lists Yuck Phlegm reviews that I’ve received or found on the net. It won’t have them all because I’m too busy to search for them. Hope it helps you decide whether to buy the book.
Patient Data Form
What is our Patient Data Protection Policy? Here is the form we ask patients to sign and there is a link to our FULL data protection policy on the page.
Constipation and bowel problems
Constipation? How does Chinese medicine explain and treat this? How can you work out what to do about it?
Lungs Function: How Qi Keeps you Going
Everyone knows how their lungs function. You just breathe, and that’s it! Well, in Chinese medicine, that’s hardly even the start of it.
Examples of Yin Excess
Here are some examples of Yin Excess. As you’ll see, they are quite common. If you yourself have examples, you can add them at the bottom of the page.
Bladder Damp Heat and The NEED to Pee
Bladder Damp-Heat is all too common. You’ll see why when you read about who gets it. Burning pain – difficulty urinating and dark pee.
Acupuncture Channels: Do they Exist?
Do Acupuncture Channels (meridians) Exist? What Are They? Why Trust 2500 year old ideas? Why Do Acupuncturists Rely on Them? Who Invented Them?
Damp Heat in the Large Intestine
Damp-Heat in the Large Intestine: doesn’t exactly inspire confidence does it?! But you’ll know someone who has this, even if they keep quiet about it.
TCM Theory
With TCM Theory, the more you study the more everything becomes inter-connected. That’s both a strength and a weakness!
Cough including from Corona Virus
Cough? Yes Chinese medicine has encountered it, plus asthma, TB, flu, corona virus cough and the rest. Read here how they diagnose it.
Jing-Well points for Trauma or Over-Excitement
Jing-Well points are all at the finger or toetips, and are used mostly in extreme conditions of pain, excitement or heat.
Sexual Impotence – What to Do about it!
This page on sexual impotence treatment aims to show you how Chinese medicine and acupuncture might both explain and treat your problem.
Kidney 8: Jiaoxin – Exchange Belief
Kidney 8, Jiaoxin, is the eighth point on the Kidney acupuncture channel, and an important point on the Yin Xiao Mai ‘extraordinary’ vessel.
Luo-connecting or Junction points
Luo-connecting points, also known as ‘junction’ points, can be used in all sorts of ways: a really important type of point.
Homeopathy Research – Research on Homoeopathy
There’s LOTS of homeopathy research if you care to look for it. It appears in journals worldwide, covering research on humans, animals, plant and in vitro!
Sore Throat – Pharyngitis
Ever had a sore throat? I used to get them all the time as a child, but nowadays, not so often. That’s not necessarily so good!
Blood Building Foods for Stable Personality
Blood building foods deserve good digestion and to be carefully
chosen. Learn what helps you acquire this stable base for your personality.
Hangover and the morning after
Hangover? Expecting it or got it? Here’s what to do, or not! The Chinese get this too, and Chinese medicine has analysed how it works.
Jonathan Talks
This page, ‘Jonathan Talks’, tells you when, where and about what Jonathan is giving talks.
Yin Deficiency Reviews: What You Think of it!
Yin Deficiency Reviews – of the book. What do people think about it? Did they find the information useful? Read their opinions!
Western Astrology and Chinese Medicine
Western Astrology and Chinese Medicine was written in 1986. It had quite a few reviews but the author lost the file containing them during a house move!
Insurance Cover for Acupuncture from a member of BAcC
Can you get insurance cover for acupuncture from a member of the BAcC – British Acupuncture Council? Growing evidence shows how often acupuncture can help!
Borscht – a great European soup and health saviour!
Balanced yin and yang, Borscht is wonderfully nutritious when taken Cold in Summer or Warm in Winter! Improves endurance, blood pressure and immunity.
Acupuncture Study Reading List
Interested in Acupuncture Study, Reading and Chinese medicine? Here’s a good reading list to get started. Many colleges recommend them too.
Cope with Fever and Febrile Disease
How to cope with fever. Fever is the body’s way to kill invaders like influenza, coronavirus and similar. It helps you speed up making antibodies.
Acupuncture-Points Disclaimer
This acupuncture-points disclaimer explains that you should base no action on information you get from this site. See a professional, qualified practitioner for a diagnosis!
Clogstoun Porridgee for Resilience
A superb dish for your microbiome and its pre-biotics, Clogstoun Porridgee is made from oats (so no gluten) and may help reduce cholesterol.
Clogstoun Congee – how to cook rice for health!
Clogstoun Congee hydrates your body, nourishing your Lungs and immune function. And it gives your Stomach exactly what you need to start your day.
Qi Stagnation and Stress: what to do to relieve stress.
How to reduce stress, pain, inflammation and all the symptoms of stagnating Qi. Get your life moving again!
Damp-Heat: signs of Humidity in the body
Damp-Heat often comes with fever and yellow phlegm. Normally caused by infection but in some cases by the wrong foods . Often exacerbated by anger.
Coffee, Yin, Yang, Blood and Qi
Coffee – Ah! The smell and the kick. Predictably, Chinese medicine disapproves. Why?
Bowen Research is gradually accumulating
Bowen research, articles and sites to visit if you’re interested in the evidence that is gradually accumulating for Bowen treatment.
Liver Blood: nourishes and stabilises
Liver Blood is vital for eyes, emotions, sleep and movement: it recovers your energy and nourishes your Mind and Soul.
Bowen Technique Introduction
The Bowen Technique is named after Tom Bowen, who invented it. It’s unlike any other therapy. Simple and Elegant, but not massage in the usual meaning.
BMI – Your Body Mass Index
Understand why your BMI isn’t always the best guide to your weight! Visceral fat is more important! And so is your exercise regime and diet!
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