About

The View Holistic Practice combines traditional and modern medicine practices through a multi-modality approach supported by extensive education and training. Each treatment integrates elements of naturopathy, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and acupuncture, remedial therapies, and homeopathy.

Depending on the patient's reason for visit, appointments adopt a holistic method that intertwines these traditional and modern practices. Both initial and follow-up visits offer a personalised combination of the following services: naturopathic consultation, TCM diagnosis, relaxation or remedial massage, acupuncture (or laser acupuncture for those who prefer a sensation-free technique), and any relevant herbal, nutritional, or homeopathic prescriptions. Thorough discussions with shared insights into health condition/s and any treatment prescriptions with both Western medicine and TCM perspectives.

A deeper dive…

Naturopathy

Naturopathy, a branch of Western complementary medicine has conventionally been viewed as alternative or unconventional within orthodox medical entities and beliefs, as well as in the literature. However, modern scientific advancements are bridging these gaps, with traditional practices progressively gaining recognition and understanding through current scientific evidence.

Naturopathy utilises nutritional and Western herbal medicine, healthy lifestyle choices, and preventative strategies as its most powerful therapeutic tools. It encompasses healing through natural medicines including herbal preparations rich in phytochemicals, as well as foods as medicine, and specific and individualised nutritional prescriptions.

Naturopathic principles and philosophies are deeply rooted in ancient Greek medicine, particularly the teachings of Hippocrates (c. 400 BC) known as the “Father of Medicine”. The 6 naturopathic principles derived from this ancient tradition are deeply and intuitively instilled here at The View Holistic Practice:

1. Primum Non Nocere – First, Do No Harm
2. Vis Medicatrix Naturae – The Healing Power of Nature
3. Tolle Causam – Identify and Treat the Causes
4. Docere – Doctor as Teacher
5. Tolle Totum – Treat the Whole Person
6. Prevention and Health Promotion

Traditional Chinese Medicine and acupuncture

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) offers a holistically different approach to medicine. TCM first documented 3000 years ago provides todays practitioners with centuries of built-upon learnings and teachings in medicine. Likening the human body with its organs and channels to the natural observations and interactions seen in nature, the TCM discipline contains theories of Yin and Yang, Five Elements (Wu Xing), Meridians and Collateral (Jing Luo), Qi Blood and Fluid, and Six Pathogenic Factors (Liu Yin).

Acupuncture is widely recognized globally for its effectiveness in supporting and treating vast and varied health conditions. There are three primary forms of acupuncture: manual acupuncture (MA), electroacupuncture (EA), and laser acupuncture (LA).

MA is the most practiced form involving the insertion of fine, single-use metallic needles at specific acupoints to achieve therapeutic effects. Needle points prescriptions can be either or both local as well as distal (or away from) the injury/condition/disease using the meridians/collaterals/channels. These acupoints are located along the 12 meridian lines individually associated with each internal organ, as well as additional points including those used in auricular (ear) acupuncture.

EA involves connecting a device, such as a TENS machine to acupuncture needles. This device delivers electrical frequencies to further stimulate the acupoints.

LA uses a low-level laser beam applied to specific acupoints to achieve therapeutic effects. LA is often preferred for babies and children, as well as adults who cannot use needles for any reason.

Homeopathy

Homeopathy proves a harder explanation for anyone not familiar with this ‘energetic’ or ‘frequency’ form of medicine. Developed in the late 1700s homeopathy largely adheres to two main principles:

• That a physical substance administered to a healthy individual (acknowledged via ‘provings’) can be given the same substance in a diluted (or homeopathic form) to treat those symptoms seen in the provings. This principle known as ‘like-cures-like.'
• The more diluted (or further away from the original physical substance) the medicine is formulated, the more potent it is. This principle known as the ‘law of infinitesimals’.

An example for explanation, imagine yourself in front of a mortar and pestle containing an onion. Now imagine mashing (or in homeopathy terms this is what is referred to as ‘proving’) the onion in the mortar with the pestle. It’s easy to visualise physical symptoms to including watery eyes, clear runny nose, and sneezing.

Thus, by giving the diluted preparation of an onion in homeopathic form (known by its scientific name, Allium cepa), can treat certain conditions and symptoms of watery eyes, clear runny nose, and sneezing.