Dedicated to helping people understand Chinese Medicine, The Chinese Medicine Podcast is run by Herbalist and Acupuncturist, Marie Hopkinson.
The Chinese Medicine Podcast (CMP) started out in 2013 just as a a way for Marie to share the self help aspects of Chinese medicine with her own patients, but soon found that people all over the world were watching and benefiting from Marie's Chinese medicine videos.
Marie has 17+ yrs experience in clinical practice of Chinese Medicine as well as over 10 years lecturing experience in Australia. Marie has a quirky sense of humour, and a passion for explaining and helping people understand Chinese medicine.
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Great video. Appreciate you differentiating between TCM and CCM training. It’s very different in terms of treatments. I am TCM trained but studied herbs with Daoist and Buddhist practitioners. I have slowly changed my herbal approach to the classical viewpoint and treatment methods / principals. For myself, I am using more warming herbs (Zhi Fu Zi, Gan Jiang, Sha Ren etc.). I have noticed big improvements in my response to treatments and foods without depleting my qi and blood. Something I could not figure out with TCM. Everything drained me. In my clinical practice, I do use carnivore as a starting point for people needing an extreme elimination diet. Seems easier for them to reintroduce from there. Some people feel better, some worse. Depends on constitution and conditions.
I have been watching some videos for growing kids height and ashwagandha came up a lot. So is it really beneficial or is it just a hype? What is tcm perspective to help child growth esp height.
Yes please, I would love to see your visit to the Chinese herbal market and any other kinds of things you might like to share. Sorry I was not notified of your live stream and I have questions to ask if you might have time to respond it would be so appreciated. My sister has Trigeminal Neuralgia. It is extremely horrible to watch her suffer so terribly as pain meds that have been given to her really do not do much for this intense pain. The alternative offered by western medicine is surgery that gives very little long term effectiveness for the great majority that receive the surgery. So basically, as I see it, this disease simply needs to be managed somehow to lessen the attacks and quell the pain as much as possible in order for her to have any decent quality of life. I had heard of a Chinese formulation called Wu Yao Shun Qi San and wondered if you were familiar with this and if so, does this formulation correct the root cause of this disease or does it just reduce the pain. In your professioinal opinion, would you feel this Chinese formulation would be more effective than Gabapentin which the doctor has given her which does not do much to alleviate the extreme pain. She is at her wits end - it has taken a toll on her mentally as well as physically and she has tried a number of herbal remedies (homeopathic, etc.) and is dubious about trying any others UNLESS I could find something very powerful and convince her to try it. There are no practitioners of Chinese medicine anywhere near her to visit, unfortunately. Thank you so much for your time.
SUN SIMIAO ONE OF THE MAIN CONTRIBUTORS OF TCM WAS VEGETARIAN AND ADVOCATED THAT WITHOUT CHANGING DIET AND LIFESTYLE ACUPUNTURE AND HERBS WOULD NOT BE ENOUGH. SHAOLIN NUNS AND MONKS ARE PROBABLY THE FIITEST STRONGEST HUMANS ON A VEGAN DIET.
I'm just starting out on my healing journey with chinese medicine, so glad I found your chanel. I suffer with constipation and have been told I'm cold inside and I'm taking a warming formula. I used a tanning bed last week and got burnt, I hope this doesn't sound weird but could that have made me colder inside?
As a new practitioner I am not booked solid yet so I have had the luxury of time to check in with my clients the day after receiving treatment. Although the feedback is 90% positive (TCM is amazing I’m not suggesting I am) I get valuable info that I use to modify and refine existing treatments. I have had more positive feedback and experiences in my year of TCM practice than I got in 30 years of mental health work.
How would this relate as a person in their mid 30s who a few years back had a hysterectomy (due to large fibroid tumors and heavy bleeding for a year)? The hysterectomy was abdominal surgery, as fibroids were to large to bring through v canal. Been struggling with low yang since.
Is it sufficient to eat eggs, fish, and gelatine to build blood? I haven't eaten meat in 25 years because I can't digest it and I can see how my skin is thinning and my blood circulation has gotten real bad. My son doesn't eat meat either and he has the same symptoms.
@@pbj6606 great. to answer your question, to rank things in order of how beneficial it is for blood tonification: 1. Bone broth and marrow from meats 2. Red meat 3. white meats 3. Eggs 4. Black/blue vegies /berries as mentioned in this video (if cooked) 5. basic wholesome TCM diet i.e. warm cooked and moist and staying away from cold/dry raw. - Hopefully that answers your question above. This is just my opinion BTW
I'm a wood element person. This was very spot-on. I find when I'm not hydrated I don't get enough sleep my body literally starts to fall apart and I get extremely cranky and frustrated. I definitely learned a lot and I will implement the information. Thank you
So excited to have discovered your channel! I will be spreading the word to all my peers. Can you please do a video on those "symptoms to hang your hat on?" I'd love to have some of these in my back pocket. Thank you!
So now I'm lost I don't know what to do. Pretty sure I have a type of tapeworm I was thinking about doing wormwood and intermittent fasting for 17 hours or stay on my low-carb diet
I can’t give personal advice on this channel, you are better off to consult your own practitioner for that but it sounds like you have a couple of good options , keep the sugar /carbs to very minimal as you can
I found an amazing tea called Serral Jamaican tea, I drink it cold and bitter it’s made with dried hibiscus very maroon flower + I steep it with fresh ginger, all spice and clove! It’s so tasty and spicy, but I think it fits your category of dark pungent foods for restoring blood. Its color is very similar to beetroot, do you think this will work for my before/during cycles, I find my overall body is just stagnant or do you think Hibiscus is too much of a cooling herbal flower?
Excellent information! Thank you for sharing, I love your videos and would like more, I’ve subbed and like all your videos that I watch, I hope to see you drop a video every week :) Side note: I’m trying to find you on tiktok but if you’re not on there, I would highly recommend hopping on there and sharing shorter 1 minute videos it will grow your RU-vid faster to reach 10k ;)
Are these foods good for absence of periods? I love cooking fruits too. A little butter or coconut oil and some water and spices - so good. Till it cooks down.
Follow the video along, I mention amenorhea in there somewhere - which is absence of periods. It would def be better to start with a seeing a herbalist /acupuncturist for a diagnosis and herbs / acu for the cause of the amenothoea from the cm perspective then use the stuff in this video to maintain things
If it’s that bad you should seek a Herbalist for a formula , which can use the blood mover herbs along with what is needed for you. Food stuff may help but it’s more managing or easing it rather than treating something quite severe.
Thank you! I am always so skeptical of any natural doctor/modality. I did 20 sessions of acupuncture and felt no different. We do have an asian store about an hour away but I will check amazon to see if they have a dried version.
Hi, i just stumbled upon your video and have learnt so much. I was born and raised Asian and always often added bitter and warm food. I'm very intolerant to fatty, greasy food. For the last two years I eliminated completely sugar even fruits and dairy, meat from low to moderate. My body feels much easier after this. I have learnt something new today "damp heat" I have heard from a western doctor said, according to study 95% of Asians are dairy intolerant bcoz our ancestors didn't eat those in ancient times. It's so true though based on my upbringing in Asia..
