Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine for Moore Park
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 Moore Park to either of these locations for TCM consultation, acupuncture and herbal medicine services, Josephine looks forward to meeting with you.
Rosacea is a chronic inflammatory skin condition primarily affecting the central face — cheeks, nose, forehead, and chin. It progresses through subtypes including persistent redness and visible blood vessels, acne-like bumps, and skin thickening. Triggers include sun exposure, hot drinks, alcohol, spicy food, stress, and temperature extremes.
In TCM, rosacea primarily involves lung and stomach heat rising to the face, often compounded by blood stasis in the facial vessels. Treatment clears heat from the lung and stomach using LI-4 (Hegu), LI-11 (Quchi), and ST-44 (Neiting). Local facial points including ST-2 (Sibai) and LI-20 (Yingxiang) are needled with fine-gauge needles to improve facial microcirculation and reduce vascular congestion.
A 2019 study in Medicine found that acupuncture significantly reduced rosacea erythema scores and pustule counts over eight weeks, with patients reporting reduced sensitivity to common triggers.
Acupuncture can help reduce persistent facial redness by regulating dilated blood vessels and calming the overactive inflammatory response. Treatment addresses both surface symptoms and the underlying heat pattern. Most patients require ten to twelve sessions before seeing sustained improvement.
TCM considers rosacea primarily a heat-in-the-blood and vascular stasis condition, whereas acne is more commonly related to damp-heat and phlegm accumulation. Rosacea treatment emphasises cooling the blood and calming blood vessels, while acne treatment focuses on resolving dampness and detoxification.
Josephine Zhuo (TCM) is an AHPRA registered health practitioner — acupuncturist and herbalist.
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