About Caspian
Caspian Helm is a registered Acupuncturist and Chinese Medicine Practitioner and has a Bachelor of Health Science (Acupuncture) from Endeavour College of Natural Health in Adelaide, South Australia.
Caspian began his journey as a Natural Health Care Practitioner with a Diploma of Remedial Massage and practiced as a Remedial Massage Therapist for over a decade. He discovered Chinese Medicine while searching to regain the vitality and feeling of wellbeing that he remembered from childhood.
Caspian's special interests include mental-emotional health and wellness, addiction/alcoholism, digestive complaints and insomnia.
Education
Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Health Science (Acupuncture), Endeavour College of Natural Health, Adelaide
- Registered with CMBA (Chinese Medicine Board of Australia under AHPRA and AACMA (Australian Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Association)
- Diploma of Remedial Massage, Endeavour College of Natural Health, Adelaide
Caspian considers the study of Chinese Medicine to be a lifelong endeavour and regularly seeks professional learning opportunities including studying:
- Sinew Channel Seminar with Dr. Ann Cecil-Sterman
- 10 Heavenly Stems and 12 Earthly Branches (Constitutional and Timing Acupuncture) with Dr. Paul Chapman (Integral Freedom, Tasmania)
- Bachelor of Health Science (Chinese Medicine), Endeavour College of Natural Health (currently undertaking)
Chinese Medicine
Chinese Medicine is a safe and effective complimentary therapy, developed over thousands of years and with origins stretching back to distant antiquity.
This holistic, science-based medicine empowers patients to be more connected to their bodies and environment.
Acupuncture activates inherent healing capabilities, enabling our bodies to heal themselves and return to homeostasis. While having the capability to heal existing conditions, Chinese Medicine also helps to prevent illness and disease by strengthening the immune system and detecting problems at an early stage.
Services - Yang Sheng Nourishing Life
A tenant of Chinese Medicine is to 'nourish life' through stimulating Qi energy, encouraging blood circulation within the body's channels, tissues, organs and cells. The practice aims to nourish Zheng (upright Qi) Yuan (original Qi) via warmth and movement which supports life and vitality.
Treatment Techniques
The use of fine filiform single use needles to stimulate Acu-points along the channels/meridians of the body. This may supplement or move Qi energy, direct Qi and Blood to where it is needed. Release the exterior (skin level) to dispel pathogens (wind-cold, wind-heat) This can have effects such as; calming the nervous system, quieting and regulating the mind/emotions, addressing acute and chronic pain, digestive complaints, sleep disturbance, and many other applications.
The dried herb Mugwort Artemisia vulgaris is used over certain Acu-points along the channels/meridians of the body. The unique and penetrative warmth stimulates Qi and Blood, nourishes Qi, and can be useful in any condition that has a basis of cold, or deficiency of Qi/Yang. This can include digestive complaints, diarrhea, chronic tiredness, weak immune system, menstrual cramps and dysmenorrhea, lack of Libido. A heat lamp is also utilized for a similar effect.
Plant and mineral material formulae, usually in the form of pills or granules are utilized for internal medicine, in conjunction with Acupuncture and other Chinese medicine modalities. Herbal formulae have many applications and can be used to supplement deficiency to nourish the body, to clear pathogens such as heat or cold, break stagnations of Blood or QI, or calm the mind and nervous system. High quality, potent herbs are employed to be of maximum effectiveness.
The practitioner may direct the patient in one or more Qi gong or breathing practices. This can have a host of benefits if practiced regularly and will increase the patients wellbeing, mental health and resistance to colds and flus.
Simple dietary advice may be given alongside a recipe. Diet based on Chinese medicine principles may be used to strengthen the body, and supplement ones energy. Small changes over time to ones diet may have a large and transformative effect on ones health.
