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Interested in learning more about holistic health and some of the conditions we treat at the Wholistic Medical Centre? Check out our latest articles on the blog.

The following articles should provide you with a great deal of information. As always, please feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns.

The Worst Thing About Thrush

January 19, 2021/in Uncategorized chronic, stress, women, immune system, support, emotional, bacteria, balance, cycle, menstrual cycle, vagina, recurrent or chronic thrush, recurrent or chronic, chronic thrush, self esteem, emotional stress, restore balance, recurrent, restore, depending /by Simone Jeffries

The worst thing about thrush is not the compulsive itching, the stinging or the burning pain. From the many women I have talked to with recurrent or chronic thrush I’m confident that the worst thing about thrush is a feeling of isolation, loss of self esteem, and the affect it can have on a woman’s […]

9 Tips For Healthy Bones After Menopause

January 19, 2021/in Naturopathy, Western Herbal Medicine, Nutritional Medicine health, foods, nutrients, wide range, bone health, vitamin d, bone, calcium, healthy bones, bones, diet and lifestyle, range of foods, taking a supplement, absorption of calcium, diet, vitamin k, calcium supplements, calcium absorption, digestive function, bind calcium /by Simone Jeffries

I’m keen to be walking and exercising and living an active life for many years after menopause. Menopause is the time when our ovaries stop making estrogen, and our menstrual cycle ceases, around about the age of 51 on average. Estrogen is one of the factors that helps women to maintain bone health, so we […]

How do you eat? Is stress causing your bloating?

November 2, 2020/in Uncategorized people, stress, digestive, symptoms, time, digestive symptoms, food, eating, eat, common, feeling, bloating, bloating or reflux, time for lunch, food intolerance, eat dinner, lunch, reflux, signs, dinner /by Simone Jeffries

Many people with bloating or reflux have tried cutting out dairy or gluten, or both. They’ve been avoiding FODMAP foods and they’ve tried to eliminate coffee. By the time I see them they are feeling confused and wondering if food intolerance tests can pin down exactly what could be causing their symptoms. But what if […]

POST BABY HAIRLOSS… HOW CAN ACUPUCTURE HELP?

September 23, 2020/in Uncategorized stress, hormonal, acupuncture, help, pregnancy, oil, stimulate hair follicles, hair loss, hair growth, hormonal balances, stimulate hair, hair follicles, scalp, loss, growth, changes, assist, give, balances, fine /by Kyla Mayer

hormones play a big role in how we feel day-to-day and pregnancy changes & disrupts these hormonal balances. Acupuncture can assist with fine tuning the bodies fine hormonal balances by balancing cortisol levels to relieve stress, regulate adrenal function, and normalize your stress response (doesn’t this sound like what every new mum needs).

Anxiety during pregnancy

September 17, 2020/in Uncategorized anxiety, women, therapy, acupuncture, see, pregnancy, helps, perinatal anxiety, point, prevalence, perinatal /by Kyla Mayer

Expecting mother have also had to face many changes and restrictions to their care delivered during Covid-19 and these unique times have added to the prevalence of perinatal anxiety. Acupuncture and can provide support for perinatal anxiety and permission to stop and rest when life can be overwhelming…

12 Habits of Healthy Women

September 12, 2020/in Uncategorized health, women, body, work, time, digestive symptoms, healthy, sleep, healthy women, healthy woman, women in my clinic, working with women, 2 or 3, work with women, women's wellness program, headaches bloating, poor sleep, brain fog, hormonal conditions, women's wellness /by Simone Jeffries

Some women radiate good health because of simple everyday choices based on a deep understanding of what their mind, body and soul need to maintain good health.

Naturopaths tips for bacterial vaginosis

July 17, 2020/in Naturopathy women, bacteria, menstrual cycle, bacterial vaginosis, flares of bacterial vaginosis, vaginal microbiome, flares of bacterial, flares in bv, bv, vaginal bacteria, estrogen levels, bv occur, herbal remedies, flares, vaginal, bacterial, vaginosis, vagina, same time, occur /by Simone Jeffries

Vaginal bacteria are part of the vaginal immune system. When vaginal bacteria become out of balance, other infections can occur, and you become at a greater risk of contracting an STI. To maintain a healthy vaginal microbiome, it is necessary to maintain the pH (acidity/alkalinity) of the vagina. Imbalanced vaginal microbiome can also contribute to infertility in some women.

Is Your Period Pain Normal?

May 29, 2020/in Acupuncture, Chinese Herbal Medicine medicine, chinese medicine, chinese herbal medicine, herbal medicine, chinese herbal, chinese, women, period pain, period, periods, blood, pain with their periods, symptom of an underlying, primary dysmenorrhea, menstrual cycle, dysmenorrhea, painful periods, normal healthy period, healthy period, normal healthy /by Tanya Newton

Many women experience some kind of pain with their periods, but period pain is definitely not normal in Chinese medicine. Statistics vary widely around the world but show that a significant number of women suffer from regular pain with their periods. It is so common that many women assume painful periods are normal because their friends have it too. Period pain is something that a lot of women just put up and manage with painkillers, heat packs or other medications every month. An experienced Chinese medicine practitioner will be able to assess what is out of balance and use acupuncture and/or Chinese herbal medicine to assist in supporting your body towards a pain free and healthy menstrual cycle.

Managing menopause with adrenal support

May 20, 2020/in Naturopathy health, anxiety, stress, women, symptoms, support, stress levels, levels, adrenal, adrenal glands, hot flushes, adrenal support, menopause, glands, hormone levels, adrenal function, night sweats, menopause symptoms, woman, palpitations /by Simone Jeffries

Anxiety, heart palpitations, hot flushes, and sweating through your pyjamas and sheets at night. These are common experiences for women during perimenopause. But did you know that higher stress levels often correlate with worse symptoms? This is why I like to recommend adrenal support during the menopause transition.

Could your painful bloating be SIBO?

May 6, 2020/in Uncategorized treatment, herbal medicine, people, symptoms, herbal, feel, bacteria, food, eating, migrating motor complex, sibo, small intestine, 6 to 8, migrating motor, motor complex, intestine, small intestines, bowel, bloating, intestines /by Simone Jeffries

SIBO is an acronym for Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth. This is a condition where normal bacteria that usually live in the large intestine can become trapped and cause havoc in the small intestine.

Working from home doesn’t have to feel like working from home

May 3, 2020/in Osteopathy periods, screen, neck, working, working from home, sit or stand, regularly changing positions, changing positions, blue light, regularly changing, home, sit, stand, phone, positions, light, exposure, exercise, 20, kitchen /by Vincent King

Are you feeling those niggles in the neck or back more since working from home? Let’s examine how our working environment at home may be contributing to this.

Cannabis and Medicine

April 17, 2020/in General Practice side effects, wholistic medical centre, wholistic medical, medical, dr amy gajjar, cannabis, call 02 9211 3811, medical cannabis, special access scheme tga sas, access scheme tga sas, call 02 9211, 02 9211 3811, 9211 3811 for an appointment, cbd and thc, strain of cannabis sativa, cannabis at the wholistic medical, cbd, dr nicholas bassal, nicholas bassal or dr amy, bassal or dr amy gajjar /by Nick Bassal

Medical cannabis products should only be considered when all first line, conventional options have been tried. So, if you have a medical condition of more than 3 months duration and conventional medications have not proved effective for you or the side effects have outweighed the benefits or you wish to stop using ‘community acquired’ cannabis. Then it may be worth having a detailed discussion of the potential benefits and downside of medicinal cannabis with one of our doctors.

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