The Which Doctor - Ancient Wisdom. Modern Science.

The Which Doctor - Ancient Wisdom. Modern Science.

Integrative Chinese Medicine Practitioner in Melbourne

Women's Health • Fertility • Family Wellbeing

“By treating the root of disease we can cure the branch”

Womens' Health

Fertility

Family Wellbeing

Meet Dr Chloe Stubberfield

At The Which Doctor, Dr Chloe Stubberfield endeavours to create a relaxed, warm environment for you to reach your full health potential.

Using a combination of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Functional Medicine she will create a tailored treatment plan that is an individual as you are. Combining the best aspects of both western and Eastern medicine, Dr Stubberfield will incorporate previous medical diagnosis, blood tests and scans into her overall diagnosis ensuring that no leaf is unturned in her quest to help you become the healthiest version of you!

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🌱 Dr Chloe Stubberfield is The Which Doctor!
🌳Doctor of TCM (Acupuncture & Herbs)
🌿EDU-tainment; TCM & Health
🍃A post a day ✌🏼
🌲Melbourne & Cohuna 💕

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Pulse Diagnosis 101 🙌
✌🏼Pulse Diagnosis for a TCM praccie is one of the most powerful diagnostic tools 💪🏽💪🏽
🍃When a Chinese Medicine Practitioner is feeling your pulse they are not looking for the same things as a Western Doctor.
🌱As you can see on my photo I’m using 3 fingers on 3 specific spots on the wrist. The 3 locations are called Cun, Guan and Chi. Each spot corresponds to a different internal organ in the body and tells us of each organ’s strengths and weaknesses.
🌿At each point we are feeling for quality, depth and strength of pulse (not counting beats). To make things even more complicated each spot has a superficial, middle and deep layer that is important diagnostically as well!
🌲THEN there are different types of pulses, different beats and consistencies that correspond to internal pathologies totally 29 DIFFERENT PULSES (Phew!!!)
🍃Some Chinese Medicine masters are so amazing at reading pulses that they don’t ask questions they just take the pulse and prescribe accordingly 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️
🌱I’m still a baby acupuncturist in the grand scheme of things so I still need to ask you some questions 😂🌿But rest assured when I’m checking your pulse it’s not to see if you are alive (pretty certain of that) it’s to check if there are any sneaky little clues about your health hiding in there💡
📸 @kyliecousinsphotography

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Happy Chinese New Year! It is officially the Year of the Rat ❤️
🐀The Rat is often seen in a negative light in western cultures but this clever little animal is the first of the 12 zodiac signs and is much revered in Chinese culture.
🐀People that are born in the year of the Rat are clever, quick thinkers, successful and content with living a peaceful life.
🐀In Chinese culture rats are seen as a sign of wealth and as a symbol of fertility due to their high reproduction rate.
🐀The Element that is associated with the 2020 Rat is Metal. Metal Rats are reliable and can turn failures into success and money.
🐀In terms of Yin and Yang, Rats are Yang and represent energy and a new beginning!
🐀Welcome to the Year of the Rat!
Loved this art by @rosabeeart ❤️

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I mean it’s not wrong 😂😂😂
🌿Luckily my place of work is a beautiful, welcoming clinic NOT an alleyway 🤷‍♀️
Ps my clients happily give me money I don’t snatch it from them 😂😂

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Follow the signs! 😂😂

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Everyday at Hawksburn we are giving you a different tea to try while you wait in our new, spruced up waiting area 🙌
🌿Today’s tea is Liquorice Legs which is liquorice, fennel seeds and peppermint. Delicious 😋

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😂😂😂
🌿I’m sure you have all heard by now now about the link between your gut and brain??
🌱Did you know that the neurons in your gut as so similar to the ones in your brain that the gut is often called the second brain??
🍃That’s why when people become stressed their digestion is the first thing to go 🤷‍♀️
🌳Chinese Medicine has been treating the gut for psychological issues for thousands of years. In Chinese Medicine instead of a gut-brain connection we talk about a Heart-Stomach connection.
🌲In TCM, the Heart is the King of all organs. It promotes blood circulation and invigorates the Heart Shen (or spirit). When the Shen is disturbed a person will show symptoms of heart palpitations, anxiety and insomnia.
🌿The Stomach is the child of the Heart. So if the Stomach is functioning well and happy the Heart functions well. If the Heart is nourished then the Stomach is nourished and both may flourish (lil bit of rhyming) 😂
🌱If the Heart Shen (the spirit) is disturbed the Stomach will be disturbed and cause digestive issues such as bloating, diarrhoea, constipation and pain.
🍃Are your Heart and Stomach happy?? If one is out of whack chances are the other one is 🤷‍♀️

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Let’s just be weird...it’s super fun ✌🏼
@sarcasticletters

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It’s a reading your book in the middle of your indoor jungle kinda day...
Art by @szisszmok ❤️

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Acupuncture is FUN! 🙌 In fact everything is pretty fun when you try not to stress too much.
🍃Despite the stress of running a business I still try and have as much fun as possible. Life is pretty awesome 🤷‍♀️So if you are up for some healing with a side order of laughter I’m ya girl 🙌
📸 @kyliecousinsphotography

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Whaaaat????? But salad is so healthy right? Not according to TCM🤷‍♀️
🥗 The whole philosophy of Chinese Medicine is to balance your internal Yin (cold factor) and Yang (hot factor). ☯️
🥗In saying this traditionally Chinese people and Chinese Medicine have a fear of the cold. They believe that cold constricts the blood vessels in the body and causes pain and disease.
🥗If you ever visit China you will notice that none of their drinks are refrigerated, they are always room temperature and they don’t eat salad.
🥗Salad is cold and raw and in TCM terms it’s difficult to digest and causes issues for the Stomach and Spleen. Cold and raw food inhibit the Spleen’s ability to transform and transport fluid. This means poor absorption, bloating and pain.
🥗In fact they even limit fruit unless it is stewed because it’s easier to absorb.
🥗Want to eat like a Chinese Medicine master? Switch out your salads for some delicious cooked veggies 🙌 🌶 🌽 🍅

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🌿I hate the idea of resolutions...it’s basically like the idea of a diet. If you are so restrictive and goal orientated you are bound to fail.
🌱Health goals are more than going down a dress size or cutting out sugar. To me non negotiables are things that you do FOR YOU with flexibility and ZERO GUILT!! (very important!!!) & They have nothing to do with a number on the scale.
🌳After spending my holidays in bed with a horrible flu from pure exhaustion then eating and drinking EVERYTHING I was feeling pretty crappy for the start of 2020...so I made a list 👇🏼
My non negotiables for 2020 are to;
1. Take a yoga class 2 x a week
2. Listen to a podcast on different topics on my commute to work.
3. Call my interstate friends once a quarter (seems like not much but we are all useless at it 😂😂)
4. Get an alarm clock for my room and put my phone in the lounge to charge overnight to limit screen time.
5. Go for a walk in the morning before work.
6. Have 2 nights a week at home by myself to work on side hustles/rest.
🌲These are mine for the year. What are yours? And remember health is not just about what you eat; it’s about what you think, feel and the people who surround you ✌🏼
🌱Lets make 2020 a goodie 🙌

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Zen vibes ✌🏼
🌱How you feel while you are healing has a massive impact on your health and overall success.
🌿That’s why here at Hawksburn Health we are making our space as healing as possible for YOU, Our lovely clients ❤️
🌳We are giving the clinic a freshen up over the next couple of weeks and adding some new loving touches ( i.e plants) so you can have the most welcoming, nurturing experience possible 🙌
🍃Watch this space 😉

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