The new moon comes Wednesday, so that marks Chinese New Year on 29 January 2025. This marks the start of the Year of the Snake. With 2025, the "Five Element Stem" is Wood (i.e. Green), so those born in 2025 may be termed ‘Wooden Snake’ people.
The Snake person is not intrinsically an evil or dangerous animal as may be viewed in the West. Snake people are not sinister and intimidating, but powerful and insightful as well as positive-minded. These are encouraging traits for leaders who say: "Let`s get this business moving now." While the Wooden side also allows flexibility and wily compromise: "And get him/her on our side in this project too." Those born in winter months or climes may be viewed as more shy and quiet, as cold weather makes reptiles hibernate. A Wooden Snake can engender a complex personality, so that`s a trait that some can view externally as enigmatic or downright bizarre.
The optimistic people will view the Wooden Snake year as a good one for promoting projects with growth. Positive snake personalities fortified with inner drive will show leadership skills early. But, when challenged with real-life problem and pressure, Snakes get disheartened and confused. Nevertheless, Snakes believe 2025 will bring luck and success in in job/ career; while love (and relationships) blossom under Snake charm. Snakes generally understand the key salient points in project or problem, and make decisions to address these issues. Wooden Snake work setups encourage meetings with insight and positive results. This is why Snake people can create opportunities and open projects.
The Wooden Snake calls the 12 Chinese Zodiac animals to take on planning, growth, transformation, with a spot of personal introspection and then building good relationships. How that pans out remains to be witnessed. Happy Chinese New Year!
The new moon comes Wednesday, so that marks Chinese New Year on 29 January 2025. This marks the start of the Year of the Snake. With 2025, the "Five Element Stem" is Wood (i.e. Green), so those born in 2025 may be termed ‘Wooden Snake’ people.
The Snake person is not intrinsically an evil or dangerous animal as may be viewed in the West. Snake people are not sinister and intimidating, but powerful and insightful as well as positive-minded. These are encouraging traits for leaders who say: "Let`s get this business moving now." While the Wooden side also allows flexibility and wily compromise: "And get him/her on our side in this project too." Those born in winter months or climes may be viewed as more shy and quiet, as cold weather makes reptiles hibernate. A Wooden Snake can engender a complex personality, so that`s a trait that some can view externally as enigmatic or downright bizarre.
The optimistic people will view the Wooden Snake year as a good one for promoting projects with growth. Positive snake personalities fortified with inner drive will show leadership skills early. But, when challenged with real-life problem and pressure, Snakes get disheartened and confused. Nevertheless, Snakes believe 2025 will bring luck and success in in job/ career; while love (and relationships) blossom under Snake charm. Snakes generally understand the key salient points in project or problem, and make decisions to address these issues. Wooden Snake work setups encourage meetings with insight and positive results. This is why Snake people can create opportunities and open projects.
The Wooden Snake calls the 12 Chinese Zodiac animals to take on planning, growth, transformation, with a spot of personal introspection and then building good relationships. How that pans out remains to be witnessed. Happy Chinese New Year!
What to do when it`s near zero freezing outside? Hmm go outside on the water on a rocking boat. Firstly keeping your body core warm and moving to avoid fingers and feet from getting frostbite fishing. Then concentrate your mind and inner guts from nausea, sea sickness and vomiting. They say stressing your body to the limits makes you stronger and resilient. There`s some truth in that. Strengthen yourself from inside.
What to do when it`s near zero freezing outside? Hmm go outside on the water on a rocking boat. Firstly keeping your body core warm and moving to avoid fingers and feet from getting frostbite fishing. Then concentrate your mind and inner guts from nausea, sea sickness and vomiting. They say stressing your body to the limits makes you stronger and resilient. There`s some truth in that. Strengthen yourself from inside.
Exactly 20 years ago Papa and I in Malaysia wondered where to spend Christmas 2004. Pa suggested Phuket; we chickened out and settled for Penang on the north coast. Boxing Day Tsunami saw 1,500? lives lost in Phuket, 50 in Penang. Now 20 years later in UK 2024 i work on a couple suffering back pain / Sciatica with Chinese TCM - Shiatsu. My fingers detected deeper suffering, I felt grief or PTSD. They had bad pains, nearly drowned, struck by debris in 2004 Tsunami. While I helped the husband feel less back pain and grief after 6 weeks work, i have enough work on these 2 during early 2025. So, let`s have a safe and happy New Year folks!
Exactly 20 years ago Papa and I in Malaysia wondered where to spend Christmas 2004. Pa suggested Phuket; we chickened out and settled for Penang on the north coast. Boxing Day Tsunami saw 1,500? lives lost in Phuket, 50 in Penang. Now 20 years later in UK 2024 i work on a couple suffering back pain / Sciatica with Chinese TCM - Shiatsu. My fingers detected deeper suffering, I felt grief or PTSD. They had bad pains, nearly drowned, struck by debris in 2004 Tsunami. While I helped the husband feel less back pain and grief after 6 weeks work, i have enough work on these 2 during early 2025. So, let`s have a safe and happy New Year folks!
It`s getting up to end of year, and many people are working hard preparing and packaging Christmas parcel orders. Yet among many of these workers, Lower Back Pain appears as a leading illness, representing 12m work-days lost in UK 2022/23; an average of 14 days can lost per afflicted worker. UK medical advice can be to see a GP doctor who might advise applying an ice-pack, seeing a Physio for verbal advice, or taking Aspirin, Ibuprofen etc.
Having worked on back pain / Sciatica victims over 23 years with Chinese TCM - Shiatsu, and myself suffering Sciatica too, I felt I had more to offer. So, I went north onsite at a corporate client in Derby and examined some of their ailing staff. Yes, many experienced bad lower back pains and were frankly struggling to remain at work during the whole of December. There`s a lot of staying sedentary while sitting at the PC and on the phone. It looks like keeping active at work, and protecting your back can be a tougher task than previously thought. Yet, if I could treat a dozen staff to alleviate their bad backs and prevent a deeper degree of chronic pain, then my job on Chinese TCM - Shiatsu has been worth doing to help my patients.
It`s getting up to end of year, and many people are working hard preparing and packaging Christmas parcel orders. Yet among many of these workers, Lower Back Pain appears as a leading illness, representing 12m work-days lost in UK 2022/23; an average of 14 days can lost per afflicted worker. UK medical advice can be to see a GP doctor who might advise applying an ice-pack, seeing a Physio for verbal advice, or taking Aspirin, Ibuprofen etc.
Having worked on back pain / Sciatica victims over 23 years with Chinese TCM - Shiatsu, and myself suffering Sciatica too, I felt I had more to offer. So, I went north onsite at a corporate client in Derby and examined some of their ailing staff. Yes, many experienced bad lower back pains and were frankly struggling to remain at work during the whole of December. There`s a lot of staying sedentary while sitting at the PC and on the phone. It looks like keeping active at work, and protecting your back can be a tougher task than previously thought. Yet, if I could treat a dozen staff to alleviate their bad backs and prevent a deeper degree of chronic pain, then my job on Chinese TCM - Shiatsu has been worth doing to help my patients.
Timeless Estonian twin towers building. Charming over 500 years history, whereas all those modern humongous 100 storey skyscrapers will probably be gone within 100 years. A reminder to architects to remain faithful to the community and time itself.
Timeless Estonian twin towers building. Charming over 500 years history, whereas all those modern humongous 100 storey skyscrapers will probably be gone within 100 years. A reminder to architects to remain faithful to the community and time itself.
I managed to attend the NCIM conference on “Chronic Pain” at National Centre for Integrative Medicine, Bristol this past weekend. It’s a short programme where medical experts like us must be reminded that we all need to work together treating the patients so they can self-heal; no one has all the answers. From the Chinese TCM side, the human body can be mapped as a series of Acupoints emanating from each Organ meridian up to your limb extremities. In this Autoimmune reinforcement process, I work my hands to get your blood and body Qi energy flowing through “blocked” Acupoints, e.g. see below from Thursday’s athlete:
On Thu, 10 Oct 2024, 16:17 _______________________ wrote:
Dear Dr Yen
Thanks again for your help earlier – feeling better already!
Felt beautifully loose playing, I felt ten yrs younger.
Thank you!
I managed to attend the NCIM conference on “Chronic Pain” at National Centre for Integrative Medicine, Bristol this past weekend. It’s a short programme where medical experts like us must be reminded that we all need to work together treating the patients so they can self-heal; no one has all the answers. From the Chinese TCM side, the human body can be mapped as a series of Acupoints emanating from each Organ meridian up to your limb extremities. In this Autoimmune reinforcement process, I work my hands to get your blood and body Qi energy flowing through “blocked” Acupoints, e.g. see below from Thursday’s athlete:
On Thu, 10 Oct 2024, 16:17 _______________________ wrote:
Dear Dr Yen
Thanks again for your help earlier – feeling better already!
Felt beautifully loose playing, I felt ten yrs younger.
Thank you!
This week it took me 48hrs to solve a simple puzzle - why? I had made a big mistake starting the puzzle, but working forward, the error all compounded leaving me stuck. I could not work anything out and was getting frustrated.
Now Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Shiatsu all have Buddhist roots. Buddha when he could not work out the fundamental and spiritual truths, he was frustrated solving Life`s Greatest Puzzle, realized that he could not work forward, returned to the point of his earlier happiness to get mentally "unstuck". So, he journeyed to the original Bodhi fig tree where he had been happy, and began to meditate. Finally, he achieved spiritual enlightenment. Mummy also said to me that Life`s true path was a "middle way" between extremes of ascetic monks and the over-indulgence of princes and kings.
Some of my patients come to see me in my TCM Shiatsu clinic complaining of head and neck pains, plus bad sleep, creating illness. They`re struggling with obsessions and mental turmoil. When I examine them in the abdomen, I tend to find all their guts are tied up like steel - showing mental unhappiness and tension. I explain to them that there was no way she was going to get any peace and sleep until they "let go" of worries and frustration. After working on their body and brain for an hour, most manage to let go some of their frustration and angst. So, leave a tranquil and healthier person.
This week it took me 48hrs to solve a simple puzzle - why? I had made a big mistake starting the puzzle, but working forward, the error all compounded leaving me stuck. I could not work anything out and was getting frustrated.
Now Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Shiatsu all have Buddhist roots. Buddha when he could not work out the fundamental and spiritual truths, he was frustrated solving Life`s Greatest Puzzle, realized that he could not work forward, returned to the point of his earlier happiness to get mentally "unstuck". So, he journeyed to the original Bodhi fig tree where he had been happy, and began to meditate. Finally, he achieved spiritual enlightenment. Mummy also said to me that Life`s true path was a "middle way" between extremes of ascetic monks and the over-indulgence of princes and kings.
Some of my patients come to see me in my TCM Shiatsu clinic complaining of head and neck pains, plus bad sleep, creating illness. They`re struggling with obsessions and mental turmoil. When I examine them in the abdomen, I tend to find all their guts are tied up like steel - showing mental unhappiness and tension. I explain to them that there was no way she was going to get any peace and sleep until they "let go" of worries and frustration. After working on their body and brain for an hour, most manage to let go some of their frustration and angst. So, leave a tranquil and healthier person.
Hmmm, some people in my Chinese TCM Shiatsu clinic tell me that they`re ill. Well, do something good to fix it!
Dear R.
You should be looking at important things in your health first - like digestion.
Using my fingers. I found your Stomach and Large intestine hard and blocked - get stuck food out ASAP!
I’m glad that I identified some less worrying health issues in your Liver, Kidneys and Gall bladder.
I`d counsel that you put in process better eating, a balanced diet with more fresh fruit and veg, more movement and physical exercise.
One thing: reduce Stress and Worry (remember it rests in your Conscious and Unconscious brain) and damage your sleep and impairs mental health.
Yes, some occasional work, stress and family obstacles flare up creating organ ill-health, but I do NOT believe that it`s forever, you can do something. Like I said, I examined your internal TCM organs and they`re out of shape or "sleeping".
Focus on the things listed above you need to do to "wake up your internal organs" - these will make your physical and mental health much better. As you said, "[You] cannot let it beat me".
Hmmm, some people in my Chinese TCM Shiatsu clinic tell me that they`re ill. Well, do something good to fix it!
Dear R.
You should be looking at important things in your health first - like digestion.
Using my fingers. I found your Stomach and Large intestine hard and blocked - get stuck food out ASAP!
I’m glad that I identified some less worrying health issues in your Liver, Kidneys and Gall bladder.
I`d counsel that you put in process better eating, a balanced diet with more fresh fruit and veg, more movement and physical exercise.
One thing: reduce Stress and Worry (remember it rests in your Conscious and Unconscious brain) and damage your sleep and impairs mental health.
Yes, some occasional work, stress and family obstacles flare up creating organ ill-health, but I do NOT believe that it`s forever, you can do something. Like I said, I examined your internal TCM organs and they`re out of shape or "sleeping".
Focus on the things listed above you need to do to "wake up your internal organs" - these will make your physical and mental health much better. As you said, "[You] cannot let it beat me".
Patient F is a psychiatrist / mental health counsellor. She came to my clinic with low physical energy and emotional exhaustion or job “burnout”. Her husband has worked as a GP doctor in NHS (20+ years) - he finally quit. She feels burnt-out because her work tends to involve disadvantaged people in poor stressed families with only one parent, sometimes facing racial or sexual abuse. The diktat of NHS managers besotted with meeting performance targets or KPIs is very negative e.g. her lunchtime is eliminated by her managers forcing staff to work through it. Raising her unpaid overtime to past 6pm hurts her, partly because of her work involves patient visits, so she’s juggling with patient traffic jams and train/ bus schedules.
Husband B now gone to work in a less physically / emotionally demanding west Ireland NHS. F followed him to test the Irish NHS waters. While her stress level drops, salaries and opportunities are lower in rural Ireland. The staff there have a leisurely 45-min lunch break, with a 20-min tea break later – F commented to B – “This is a crazy hospital schedule!”. B retorted: “It is us in England NHS who are working crazy!”
What do I find using Chinese TCM techniques in adults under high work stress? Most of them handle work pressure badly, it harms their family and social lives; creating high tension in their abdominal organs. This discomfort in stomach and intestine reaches the point of indigestion and minor illness; with bad bouts of interrupted sleep and poor mental health. She resigned from NHS; this release or “letting go” that I recommend my patients was cathartic for her.
Most will know that NHS (or local healthcare) staff can experience enormous work stress levels that lead to burnout. Some staff will quit, leading to worker and medical skill shortages that strain an already creaking NHS system. The skilled staff leaving the NHS imposes more pressure on Government and NHS execs to restructure NHS into a supportive work environment that genuinely values staff health and wellbeing.
Patient F is a psychiatrist / mental health counsellor. She came to my clinic with low physical energy and emotional exhaustion or job “burnout”. Her husband has worked as a GP doctor in NHS (20+ years) - he finally quit. She feels burnt-out because her work tends to involve disadvantaged people in poor stressed families with only one parent, sometimes facing racial or sexual abuse. The diktat of NHS managers besotted with meeting performance targets or KPIs is very negative e.g. her lunchtime is eliminated by her managers forcing staff to work through it. Raising her unpaid overtime to past 6pm hurts her, partly because of her work involves patient visits, so she’s juggling with patient traffic jams and train/ bus schedules.
Husband B now gone to work in a less physically / emotionally demanding west Ireland NHS. F followed him to test the Irish NHS waters. While her stress level drops, salaries and opportunities are lower in rural Ireland. The staff there have a leisurely 45-min lunch break, with a 20-min tea break later – F commented to B – “This is a crazy hospital schedule!”. B retorted: “It is us in England NHS who are working crazy!”
What do I find using Chinese TCM techniques in adults under high work stress? Most of them handle work pressure badly, it harms their family and social lives; creating high tension in their abdominal organs. This discomfort in stomach and intestine reaches the point of indigestion and minor illness; with bad bouts of interrupted sleep and poor mental health. She resigned from NHS; this release or “letting go” that I recommend my patients was cathartic for her.
Most will know that NHS (or local healthcare) staff can experience enormous work stress levels that lead to burnout. Some staff will quit, leading to worker and medical skill shortages that strain an already creaking NHS system. The skilled staff leaving the NHS imposes more pressure on Government and NHS execs to restructure NHS into a supportive work environment that genuinely values staff health and wellbeing.
My Masters diploma from NCIM the Natl Centre for Integrative Medicine.
Yesterday I went to Bristol for my academic studies and got my Masters diploma from the principal Elizabeth Thompson. I practise Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Shiatsu that are under the Integrative Medicine umbrella.
Yesterday I went to Bristol for my academic studies and got my Masters diploma from the principal Elizabeth Thompson. I practise Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Shiatsu that are under the Integrative Medicine umbrella.
Lucky I saw a medic working hands-on to help those injured and in pain. No, it`s not me this time - it`s the paramedics who landed in Normand Park to help someone. Probably, a RTA (road traffic accident) victim in Normand road. Just wondering how much a chopper costs to run per flying hour, when there`s a good A&E unit in Charing Cross hospital 10mins away? Answers on a postcard please.* Funny, in CCH hospital, I work for comparative nickels and dimes by comparison - but I love my work.
* Actually, AIRBUS /EUROCOPTER EC135T1 Total Hourly Cost $1,594.83 or about £1,250 p/hr
Lucky I saw a medic working hands-on to help those injured and in pain. No, it`s not me this time - it`s the paramedics who landed in Normand Park to help someone. Probably, a RTA (road traffic accident) victim in Normand road. Just wondering how much a chopper costs to run per flying hour, when there`s a good A&E unit in Charing Cross hospital 10mins away? Answers on a postcard please.* Funny, in CCH hospital, I work for comparative nickels and dimes by comparison - but I love my work.
* Actually, AIRBUS /EUROCOPTER EC135T1 Total Hourly Cost $1,594.83 or about £1,250 p/hr
Providing Chinese TCM involving Physiotherapy / Shiatsu hands-on treatment for my patients. Mainstream orthopaedic and mobility pains, but one or serious medical problems like Multiple Sclerosis or Cellulitis. What has kept me busy today working 6 straight hours on 6 different patients are neck pains, shoulder & back aches, some possibly involving Sciatica. It`s my honour to get people feeling better and fitter after getting out their muscular aches and mental tension.
Providing Chinese TCM involving Physiotherapy / Shiatsu hands-on treatment for my patients. Mainstream orthopaedic and mobility pains, but one or serious medical problems like Multiple Sclerosis or Cellulitis. What has kept me busy today working 6 straight hours on 6 different patients are neck pains, shoulder & back aches, some possibly involving Sciatica. It`s my honour to get people feeling better and fitter after getting out their muscular aches and mental tension.
My Chinese TCM - Shiatsu demo on a patient at Hendon School as Alumni lecture during Careers Week. Photo courtesy of Hendon School. As per School public Instagram release: "Christie our office manager, volunteered to help Yen Yee Chong demonstrate the art of Chinese Medicine." [she said] “I have always had shoulder and neck pain, just 20 minutes with Yen, had me feeling relaxed and calm as well as free movement without tension or pain”
My Chinese TCM - Shiatsu demo on a patient at Hendon School as Alumni lecture during Careers Week. Photo courtesy of Hendon School. As per School public Instagram release: "Christie our office manager, volunteered to help Yen Yee Chong demonstrate the art of Chinese Medicine." [she said] “I have always had shoulder and neck pain, just 20 minutes with Yen, had me feeling relaxed and calm as well as free movement without tension or pain”
My patient M came to see me after she had Sciatica 1.5 years ago. Stuck in agony, GP doctors give her painkiller drugs and saw a Physiotherapist -with no improvement. She`s returned to me to fixed her ailment with Chinese TCM -Shiatsu in CCS, although it`s now become more nuanced how the problem was resolved. She bought an electric blanket, and with my 1-hr hands-on treatment this week, her Sciatica has been resolved for now. So, that`s a happy outcome for all.
My patient M came to see me after she had Sciatica 1.5 years ago. Stuck in agony, GP doctors give her painkiller drugs and saw a Physiotherapist -with no improvement. She`s returned to me to fixed her ailment with Chinese TCM -Shiatsu in CCS, although it`s now become more nuanced how the problem was resolved. She bought an electric blanket, and with my 1-hr hands-on treatment this week, her Sciatica has been resolved for now. So, that`s a happy outcome for all.
Traditional Chinese Medicine TCM and treating Children
After my 22 years` TCM experience, I still find the western doctors, physios and consultants somewhat cold, more so under NHS extended waiting lists. Drugs of painkillers, antibiotics, antidepressants are not recommended as doctors must realize that these chemicals have disproportionate effects on young patients.
Some of my patients bring their children to me for treatment - such as L showing me child A suffering poor breathing and mental depression. A lot of TCM refers to blockages in their Triple Burner (TB) "SānJian" internal organ, so it may need pressure on TB and acupoints in order to “wake it up” and get oxygen into their lungs. Procedures insist that parents or guardians witness young children undergoing treatment throughout. When young tired patients in pain get more oxygen through their lungs - it bolsters them to recover physical and psychological health (see attached).
Traditional Chinese Medicine TCM and treating Children
After my 22 years` TCM experience, I still find the western doctors, physios and consultants somewhat cold, more so under NHS extended waiting lists. Drugs of painkillers, antibiotics, antidepressants are not recommended as doctors must realize that these chemicals have disproportionate effects on young patients.
Some of my patients bring their children to me for treatment - such as L showing me child A suffering poor breathing and mental depression. A lot of TCM refers to blockages in their Triple Burner (TB) "SānJian" internal organ, so it may need pressure on TB and acupoints in order to “wake it up” and get oxygen into their lungs. Procedures insist that parents or guardians witness young children undergoing treatment throughout. When young tired patients in pain get more oxygen through their lungs - it bolsters them to recover physical and psychological health (see attached).
