45 Roy Street, Donvale VIC 3111
Monday - Saturday: 9:00am - 6:00pm
About Us
Dr Queenie Yip and "LOGOS TCM"
Dr Queenie Yip is highly dedicated to her profession of Chinese medicine with over 20 years of clinical and teaching experience in Hong Kong and Australia. She is always willing to serve people wholeheartedly with her care and professional skills. Queenie endeavours to maintain the wellbeing of her patients not only by treating their disease, but also by promoting a healthier lifestyle. Her special interests include women’s and children’s health issues, IVF support, as well as pain management. Queenie has broad clinical experience in treating both common and difficult health issues including sleep, stress, skin and digestive health, as well as supporting those undergoing cancer treatment. She is a professional Acupuncturist and good at Chinese medicine prescription.
Dr Queenie Yip holds Bachelor and Master degrees in Hong Kong with scholarship. She also has clinical internship at the Guangdong Provincial Hospital of TCM, a major tertiary hospital in Guangzhou, China.
Prior to moving to Melbourne with her family, Queenie served in the executive committee of the Hong Kong Registered Chinese Medicine Practitioners Association and lectured at the Hong Kong Baptist University, School of Chinese Medicine and the Open University of Hong Kong. She was a radio programme guest host on Chinese Medicine. Queenie is a member of CMASA in Australia and speaks Cantonese, Mandarin and English.
“Logos”(pronounce:LOH-gahs) is a Greek word, it means “reason,” “discourse,” and “principle”, has been used among both philosophers and theologians. In most of its usages, logos is marked by two main ways - the first dealing with human reason (the rationality in the human mind which seeks to attain universal understanding and harmony), the second with universal intelligence (the universal ruling force governing and revealing through the cosmos to humankind). (https://www.pbs.org/faithandreason/theogloss/logos-body.html)
Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM) theory is related to Taoism. The Tao (or Dao) is hard to define but is sometimes understood as the way of the universe, the meaning is similar to logos. Taoism teaches that all living creatures ought to live in a state of harmony with the universe and the energy found in it. Chi, or qi, is the energy present in and guiding everything in the universe. LOGOS TCM CLINIC is dedicated to providing exceptional healing through the ancient art of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine.
Acupuncture and Moxibustion
Acupuncture is the practice of penetrating the skin with very fine needles into specific acu-points, and then activated through gentle and specific movements of the practitioner's hands. Moxibustion is a type of heat therapy in which an herb is burned on or above the skin to warm and stimulate an acupuncture point or affected area. They are apart of the ancient practice of Traditional Chinese medicine to restore balance and treat disease.
Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners believe the human body has more than 2,000 acupuncture points connected by pathways or meridians. These pathways create an energy flow (Qi) through the body that is responsible for overall health. Disruption of the energy flow can cause disease. By applying acupuncture to certain points, it is thought to improve the flow of Qi, thereby improving health.
In Chinese medicine, one disease has many causes, and many diseases can share the same cause. A skilled practitioner must always find each person’s unique cause of disease using Chinese medicine diagnosis before the right treatment strategy and point combinations can be applied. It is not effective to always use the same set of points to treat the same disease. This is because each person is unique, and our bodies respond to illness in different ways. A successful Chinese medicine treatment is personalised to a patient’s changing symptoms at different stages of their illness and recovery. This is why it is essential to practice acupuncture within the framework of a holistic Chinese medicine diagnosis.
Chinese Medicine Diagnosis and Herbs
Chinese herbal medicine is part of a larger healing system called traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). The underlying principles of TCM are very different from traditional Western notions about health, illness and the workings of the body. Chinese herbs are prescribed to normalise imbalanced energy, or Qi, that runs through invisible meridians in the body. A lot of recent clinical studies have shown Chinese herbal medicines to be successful in treating a range of internal disorders.
Yin and Yang
The ancient Chinese proposed that every living thing is sustained by a balance of two opposing forces of energy, called Yin and Yang. Together, they make up the life essence, or Qi - a type of energy that flows through the body via invisible channels called meridians. When Yin and Yang are imbalanced in the body, which causes a blockage of Qi and a subsequent illness. Yin and Yang imbalances can be caused by stress, pollution, poor diet, emotional upsets or infection. For diagnostic purposes, Yin and Yang are further subdivided into interior and exterior, hot and cold, deficiency and excess.
The five elements in Chinese herbal medicine
The TCM philosophy proposes that everything including organs of the body - is composed of the five elements: fire, earth, metal, water and wood. The herbs are similarly classified into the five tastes - sweet, salty, bitter, pungent and sour - which correspond to the five elements, for example, since the skin is a metal element Yang organ, it would be treated with a pungent herb.
Herbs used in Chinese medicine
Chinese herbal medicines are mainly plant based, but some preparations include minerals or animal products. They can be packaged as powders, pastes, lotions or tablets, depending on the herb and its intended use. Different herbs have different properties and can balance particular parts of the body. Prescribing a particular herb or concoction of herbs means the practitioner’s diagnosis has to take into account the state of the patient’s Yin and Yang, and the elements that are governing the affected organs.
Additional treatment and advice
Your practitioner might advise you to make specific changes in your diet, such as avoiding spicy foods or alcohol. Foods are believed to either ‘heat’ or ‘cool’ the constitution, making dietary changes an important part of the healing process. Acupuncture might also be used to treat disrupted Qi.
Special considerations
Herbs can act on the body as powerfully as pharmaceutical drugs and should be treated with the same caution and respect. Some herbs can be toxic in high doses, while others can cause allergic reactions. Make sure your practitioner is fully qualified. Never abandon your regular medication or alter the dose without the knowledge and approval of your doctor.
Cupping and Scraping or ‘Gua Sha’
Cupping and Scraping are ancient Asian therapeutic processes that were used to release bad spirits inside the human body. They are now more used to treat muscle and joint pain issues. They are also helping the internal health issues.
Cupping involves the placement of plastic or glass cups in the treatment area, usually on the back. The sucking pressure in the cups pulls a “bubble” of skin and muscle into the cup for a while. The purpose of the treatment process is to pull healthy Qi/blood into the treatment area for healing or relieving pain.
Scraping is a treatment technique using tools which enables clinicians to efficiently locate and treat soft tissue tightness and injury. The scraping instruments help break up these adhesions and restore normal tissue mobility, just like any other form of soft tissue mobilization or deep tissue massage. This technique is used in conjunction with soft tissue work, joint mobilization, and/or therapeutic exercise, thus correcting many musculoskeletal issues that cause pain.
Cupping and Scraping are performed by a trained practitioner which is a very safe. The treatment itself can be uncomfortable, it is very common to experience some discomfort, bruise, or redness during the treatment and some soreness the day after treatment. They are still being used, as the patient can get benefits from them.
TCM bone trauma massage /TuNai
TCM Orthopedic massage is different from general massage. It was developed on the basis of ancient massage and has become an independent treatment method in the field of traditional Chinese medicine. Bone trauma massage uses TCM theories, such as meridian theory, four diagnosis, and eight principles of syndrome differentiation, as the basis for diagnosis and treatment, especially the meridian theory and modern fascia theory, because bone trauma massage not only pays attention to techniques, but also follows syndrome differentiation and meridian Acupuncture combined with fascia relaxation requires physicians to have certain medical expertise in physiology, pathology, anatomy, and modern fascia theory.
Bone trauma massage is a rhythmic movement on the patient's body, and there are more than 20 different techniques. There are more than ten kinds commonly used, such as pushing, holding, pressing, rubbing, rubbing, shaking, kneading, pointing, pressing, and rolling. The use of manipulations is related to the condition and location, as well as the doctor's personal habits and experience, so the manipulations of massage doctors are not exactly the same. However, the purpose of the manipulation is the same, requiring softness, strength, persistence, and penetration into the deep tissue to achieve curative effect.
We are a traditional Chinese Medicine clinic, focusing on treatment. The doctor will decide whether to ad traditional manipulation after acupuncture treatment, based on the patient's condition. We do not have relaxing massage service.
45 Roy Street Donvale VIC 3111
0489 088 896
Monday - Saturday: 9:00am - 6:00pm
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