Tania

About Tania Grasseschi

Tania Grasseschi is an acupuncturist, Chinese herbalist, wholefood counsellor and Qigong instructor with over 20 years of clinical experience. She is passionate about working with Women's health, transforming menstrual and menopausal problems, improving fertility, supporting pregnant and post natal women. She practices in the Blue Mountains of NSW. Through acupuncture and holistic care, she's here to empower you in your health journey, helping you find balance, vitality, and transformation. Join her on this journey by exploring her blog articles, where you can learn, grow, and enjoy insights into holistic well-being.

6 easy ways to overcome adrenal fatigue

Winter corresponds, in Chinese medicine, with the element of water and the Kidney and Bladder organs. It is a time to rest a little after all the activities of the preceding seasons and rebuild your reserves. If you don’t allow your body to rest and rebuild but continue with prolonged periods of overwork, stress, [...]

By |2022-08-01T12:10:32+10:00August 13th, 2013|Adrenal Bladder Health, Stress Management|0 Comments

What is a wholefood counsellor?

I was recently asked this question and strictly speaking a wholefood counsellor is someone who will advise you on how to enrich your diet by including more foods in their unprocessed, whole form, such as: fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, legumes, whole grains, fish, and varied amounts of wild and/or organic animal products. Why would [...]

By |2022-05-12T17:32:46+10:00August 7th, 2013|Healing Power of Food|0 Comments

Warming foods to nourish your Kidneys

In Chinese Medicine winter corresponds with the energy of our Kidneys, our most important storehouse of energy. They are the root of all yin (cooling energy) and yang (warming energy) within the body and our foundation for a healthy, vital life and for graceful longevity.   Your Kidney energy is particularly vulnerable to exhaustion or [...]

By |2022-05-12T17:36:07+10:00August 10th, 2012|Healing Power of Food|1 Comment

Vaccination Support

A very important decision we need to make for ourselves or as new parents is whether to vaccinate fully, partially or at all. All of these choices are valid and we need to be able to make our choice with the best available information. In 2012, by the time an Australian child is 12 [...]

By |2023-05-03T12:49:38+10:00July 18th, 2012|Children's Health|0 Comments

What everyone should know about the cycles of Life

Living in harmony with the four seasons is one of the best ways to nourish yourself. With the arrival of Spring we see a blossoming of new life, an awakening after the quiet of winter. Spring is the beginning of a new cycle; a seasonal cycle within which we see reflected aspects of our [...]

By |2023-05-03T12:57:45+10:00July 18th, 2012|Women's Health|0 Comments

How to sleep peacefully all night

Insomnia is not a disease but a symptom, a sign that something is not right and needs to be addressed. That something might be stress or jet lag, changes in your sleeping environment, an illness or too many stimulants. The more concerned you are about how much sleep you are getting or how well [...]

By |2022-05-25T08:36:55+10:00June 18th, 2011|Stress Management|1 Comment

Helping Babies with Reflux

Babies should regain their birth weight by 2 weeks of age, gaining approximately 150-200g per week.   They generally double their birth weight by 6 months & triple their birth weight by 12 months.   This is a huge requirement for food for a little one with an immature digestive system. Breast milk is, of course, [...]

By |2023-05-03T12:59:41+10:00May 30th, 2011|Children's Health|2 Comments

30 simple home remedies for Morning Sickness

I use acupuncture with great success to treat many women for morning sickness.   Depending on the severity of the condition you may need 1- 3 acupuncture treatments per week in the initial period, then weekly treatments until things settle down which is usually around week 14 of your pregnancy. Many women ask what they [...]

By |2022-05-04T16:40:24+10:00June 25th, 2010|Women's Health|0 Comments

What every parent should know about treating children’s cold and flu

Colds and Flu are a common occurrence for children and adults alike, 6 per year is average until around 7-8 yrs old when children's immune systems mature. Prevention involves strengthening your child’s immune system and you can do this by: Dressing appropriately for the weather - keep those tootsies warm and avoid children running [...]

How to make warming, nourishing congees

Congee is basically a slow cooked rice porridge whose therapeutic qualities can be altered depending on what other ingredients are added. Generally, rice congee is a digestive enhancer and improves assimilation. The basic rice congee is easy to digest and is as much a great first food for babies (if made with organic short [...]

By |2022-05-12T15:17:09+10:00June 8th, 2010|Healing Power of Food|6 Comments