Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine for Mona Vale
Josephine is a registered acupuncturist & Chinese herbal medicine practitioner based in Lane Cove and Frenchs Forest. If you're willing and able to travel from Mona Vale to either of these locations for TCM consultation, acupuncture and herbal medicine services, Josephine looks forward to meeting with you.
Acupuncture offers a systematic approach to managing chronic skin conditions by treating the internal disharmonies that manifest on the skin. TCM teaches that the skin is governed by the Lung organ system and nourished by Blood — when these systems are compromised, skin conditions develop. For eczema, the pattern is typically Wind-Heat or Damp-Heat in the acute, red, weeping phase, treated with LI11 (Quchi), SP10 (Xuehai), and SP9 (Yinlingquan). In the chronic, dry phase, Blood Deficiency with Wind predominates, requiring SP6 (Sanyinjiao) and BL17 (Geshu) to nourish Blood.
Psoriasis in TCM is most often attributed to Blood Heat or Blood Stasis with Dryness. The thick, silvery plaques indicate that Blood has become both hot and congealed, failing to nourish the skin. Treatment uses SP10 (Xuehai) and LI11 to cool and invigorate Blood, BL40 (Weizhong) which is traditionally bled with a lancet to release Blood Heat, and LV3 to address the Liver's role in Blood storage and distribution. Surrounding needling — placing needles around the periphery of plaques — can help resolve individual lesions by promoting local microcirculation.
Those with eczema or psoriasis should expect a treatment course of 10-16 sessions, with dietary guidance to avoid foods that generate Heat and Dampness playing an essential complementary role.
Acupuncture can significantly reduce symptom severity, frequency of flares, and reliance on topical steroids. Complete clearance is possible for some patients, particularly those with milder or recent-onset conditions. Chronic, longstanding conditions typically see substantial improvement rather than total clearance. Treatment combined with dietary modifications and stress management produces the best outcomes.
TCM views skin conditions as reflecting internal imbalances, many of which are influenced by diet. Heat-producing foods (alcohol, spicy food, red meat) worsen Blood Heat conditions. Damp-producing foods (dairy, sugar, greasy food) exacerbate weeping eczema. Your practitioner tailors dietary advice to your specific TCM pattern — the wrong foods can perpetuate the cycle even with acupuncture treatment.
Josephine Zhuo (TCM) is an AHPRA registered health practitioner — acupuncturist and herbalist.
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