DAAN Chinese Herbs and Acupuncture

Alternative medicine is gaining popularity in Australia, especially acupuncture.

DAAN offers acupuncture treatment, please contact us to set up an appointment.

“ALTERNATIVE therapies could become part of mainstream medicine within five years, following the funding of a Queensland research centre.
Prof Luis Vitetta, from the University of Queensland’s medical school, said GPs should prepare for the change by taking courses in natural medicine, including acupuncture, aromatherapy and reflexology.

The National Institute of Complementary Medicine has awarded Prof Vitetta $660,000 to set up a clinic at UQ for the research of alternative treatments.”

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We’ve added the following new products to our site recently:

Wuchaseng Infusion Tea

Wuchaseng Infusion Tea is a kidney and liver tonic, good for arthritic aches and pains and to strengthen the sinews. Wuchaseng is also know as Siberian ginseng.

Essence of Tienchi Flowers Tea

Essence of Tienchi Flowers Tea cools the liver heat (which can cause you to get flustered easily).

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Studies suggest Chinese herbal remedies can be better than drugs for relieving menstrual cramps:

“Australian researchers have found that it is better to take Chinese herbs than drugs, acupuncture, or heat compression for the relief of dysmenorrhea that includes menstrual cramps.

Dysmenorrhea is a condition that causes cramping and/or painful menstruation in women. It involves menstrual periods that consist of intermittent-but-sharp pain or aching-but-dull pain in the lower abdominal and/or pelvic regions of the female body.

Their study (“Chinese herbal medicine for primary dysmenorrhoea”), found in the October 18, 2007 online issue of the journal Cochrane Library, involved 3,475 women in 36 studies in China, and one study, each, in Taiwan, Japan, and the Netherlands.

The results from the researchers, headed by Xiaoshu Zhu from the Center for Complementary Medicine Research (University of Western Sydney, Australia), conclude that Chinese herbal medicines are superior to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), oral contraceptive pills (OCPs), acupuncture therapy, and heat compression with a hot water bottle. ”

DAAN’s staff includes two female practitioners, and we specialize in women’s health. Contact us if you’d like more information on treatment options.

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“Botanical Name: Angelica sinensis.

Other Common Names for Dong Quai: Chinese angelica, female ginseng, dang gui (Chinese), toki (Japanese) and tanggwi (Korean).

Habitat: Dong quai is found in mainland China, Japan and Korea.

Description: Dong quai is a member of the Umbelliferae family and is a fragrant perennial herb which can grow up to 2 metres tall, and produces white flowers in early summer. Dong quai is typically found growing in damp mountain ravines, meadows, river banks, and near the sea. It is considered in traditional Chinese medicine to have a warm nature and a sweet, acrid, and bitter taste. The main traditional use of dong quai is to regulate the female reproductive organs. The root is one ingredient of “four things soup”, a traditionally used woman’s tonic in China.”

DAAN carries high quality dong guai.

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One woman’s account on how acupuncture helps her friend living with stress. DAAN’s Acupuncturist Susan Yen offers Acupuncture treatment for stress and many other ailments.
“By Lynn Jaffee My friend, Karla, seems to catch every illness that is going around. She recently had the intestinal flu that her kids caught a few weeks earlier. This was right after she had gotten over a nasty cold. Last week she was laid out with a headache that made it impossible for her to concentrate at work. When I think about Karla, I realize that she is one of the most stressed women I know. She worries about her husband’s job, struggles to balance work and her kid’s after-school activities, and is the consummate volunteer. She is overwhelmed and on the go, and it makes perfect sense to me that she doesn’t feel well much of the time. We know that stress makes us ill; because when we are stressed our bodies produce cortisol and other hormones that in overabundance can damage our health. In addition, prolonged stress keeps our bodies in a constant state of readiness, which is ultimately depleting.”

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Antioxidants help improve one’s quality of life, DAAN’s Hemotune is a great product for enhancing one’s life.
“A key ingredient to improving your lifestyle and living a healthy life is antioxidants. There are several antioxidant supplements out there that can help you live a healthy life, that are natural and won’t cause you any damage. You can also eat different types of food that contain antioxidants as well, although supplements are the ideal way to get the right amounts of antioxidants.

If you take in more antioxidants through food and supplements, there are a few benefits that you’ll have, with the first being cell protection. Antioxidants can help to protect your cells from damage, which helps to fend off diseases. Many times, you can have a lack of vitamins in your body, which will cause you to recover from diseases or injury very slow. If you have the right amount of vitamins and antioxidants in your body, you’ll notice the differences.”

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