Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine for Wynyard
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 Wynyard to either of these locations for TCM consultation, acupuncture and herbal medicine services, Josephine looks forward to meeting with you.
Heart palpitations — awareness of the heartbeat as racing, pounding, fluttering, or skipping — can be alarming even when benign. In TCM, palpitations are called "Xin Ji" (heart pounding) and relate to several patterns: Heart Blood deficiency (the Heart is insufficiently nourished and becomes agitated), Heart Yin deficiency with Empty Heat (generating the racing sensation), Phlegm-Fire harassing the Heart (causing sudden forceful pounding), or Heart Qi deficiency (weak, irregular beats with fatigue).
Treatment calms the Heart and addresses the specific pattern. HT7 (Shenmen) is the most important point — it calms the spirit and regulates Heart rhythm. PC6 (Neiguan, the "Inner Gate") is the second essential point, with proven effects on cardiac rhythm through vagus nerve stimulation. BL15 (Xinshu, Back-Shu of the Heart) directly tonifies Heart function. CV14 (Juque, Front-Mu of the Heart) calms Heart Fire. For Blood deficiency palpitations: SP6 (Sanyinjiao) and ST36 (Zusanli) nourish Blood. For anxiety-driven palpitations: Yintang and Anmian calm the Shen.
Important: new-onset or severe palpitations should be medically evaluated to rule out arrhythmias. Once structural causes are excluded, acupuncture can effectively manage the symptoms and address the underlying energetic imbalance. Once serious causes are excluded, acupuncture effectively manages functional palpitations. Research demonstrates PC6 stimulation can modulate heart rate variability and reduce ectopic beats. Six to ten sessions typically provide significant relief.
Acupuncture effectively manages functional palpitations through points like HT7 and PC6 that calm the Heart and regulate rhythm via the vagus nerve. Important: new or severe palpitations should be medically evaluated first to rule out arrhythmias before starting acupuncture treatment.
PC6 (Neiguan) is located on the inner forearm, three finger-widths above the wrist crease. It directly influences cardiac rhythm through vagus nerve stimulation and is one of the most researched acupuncture points. It is used for palpitations, nausea, anxiety, and chest tightness — all functions of the Pericardium channel protecting the Heart.
Josephine Zhuo (TCM) is an AHPRA registered health practitioner — acupuncturist and herbalist.
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