Ping Du
Chinese Medicine
Art of Healing
Dr Ping Du is an expert Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) practitioner and Tui Na therapist. Building on her qualifications and clinical experience, through her practice she has discovered the connections between soft tissue with overall body health.
Ping’s unique method, integrating herbs, acupuncture and soft tissue manipulation, works on the medians to bring health and vitality to the body inside and out.
Her attention to detail from head to toe achieve high results for her patients and effective elimination of pain, especially chronic injuries in relation to muscular skeletal and neuromuscular conditions (including back and neck pain, migraine and severe headaches, frozen shoulder, rotator cuff injuries, tennis elbow, Scoliosis, Sciatica, Plantae Fasciitis, Fibromyalgia, Carpel Tunnel Syndrome, and hip and knee pain).
Ping is also passionate about working on the body to achieve long term relief for Womens’ Health (including infertility, period pain, menstrual cycle irregularities and PMS), Men’s Health, Chronic Fatigue, anxiety, high blood pressure, digestion, and chronic kidney and liver issues.
Ping is also experience in Cosmetic Facial Acupuncture, herbal medicine and soft tissue facial manipulations to rejuvenate your appearance.
“The body has great power to regenerate. As a practitioner, I am here to free the body and activate that healing force.
My treatment will unlock your body's full potential for health, vitality and wellness. You will see and feel the improvement to your appearance, skin, face and posture.
Why wouldn't you want to achieve your best self?
My Holistic Therapies
I am a certified Holistic Heath Practitioner specialising in a variety of holistic treatment services.
Traditional Chinese medicine holistic therapies include three major branches: - Acupuncture, Tui Na or TCM remedial massage, and Herbal Remedies. It also includes Moxibustion, cupping, GuaSha, dietary and lifestyle advice and Qi Gong.
In my practice, I blend these therapies together, addressing to the specific condition and needs of my patients, in order to set up a tailored treatment strategy. In my approach I consider meridian, acupoints points, and energy flows throughout the body in harmony with bio-science and muscular-skeletal structures to obtain optimal health for my clients and balance throughout the body.
By taking into account each patient's condition as a whole, rather than as separate symptoms, I am able to treat not only individual ailments but overall wellness. For example, I often see patients who complain of a particular issue like sciatic nerve pain and back pain. By applying treatments I am able to relieve tension throughout the whole body, eliminating my patient’s specific sciatic nerve pain but also related ailments such as headaches, shoulder tension and neck pain all together. Often my patients do not even realise there is a connection between their back pain and headaches. I am able to treat the underlining cause to relieve a combination of muscular conditions. I can also treat conditions such as IBS and chronic cough. By focusing on relaxing the energy flow and digestive issues, my treatments in turn increase metabolism, boost overall energy, and improve appearance, relief from anxiety and sleep quality. And, may even assist with weight management ongoing. Some patients have also noticed an improvement to their blood pressure after years of western medicine treatment with no success.
I am passionate about helping my patients obtain optimal health and maintain it.
Contact me today to start your journey towards optimal health!
Acupuncture
Acupuncture has been part of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for thousands of years. It involves inserting fine needles into specific points on the skin or applying various other techniques to the acupuncture points to restore balance and encourage the body to heal itself. I’m trained in a variety of holistic techniques that will surely help to heal you both mentally and physically including treatment of muscular skeletal trauma and pain management.
I also practice facial acupuncture. Please see below for more information.
Herbal Remedies
Application of herbal remedies is all about gentle and holistic healing. Herbal remedies will help to restore balance to the patient's body from the inside out addressing issues such as digestion, nutrient absorption, metabolism and aiding the body's natural detoxification systems. Using herbal remedies to stimulate the body’s ability to heal itself and strengthen overall constitution and treating the person as a whole in combination with other therapies.
Tui Na - Chinese Medicine Remedial Massage
Tui Na, or remedial massage, simulates the circulation and the flow of lymphatic fluid, releases toxins and deep seated tensions from the muscles, stimulates the hormonal system and the immune system, and acts on the autonomic nervous system, allowing the recipient to relax deeply and to get in touch with own healing power.
Tui Na techniques focus on soft tissue treatment, skeletal alignment, and energy issuance. An essential branch of Chinese medicine, it treats the patient using only the practitioner's hands to bring about a change in the patient’s condition. Tui Na is a holistic system of medicine, giving it the ability to address both internal diseases and external injuries, and reduce their stress and anxiety, among other ailments.
Moxibustion & Cupping
Moxibustion is a traditional Chinese medicine therapy used to specifically treat a range of chronic ailments, including: arthritic pain, digestive problems and irregular elimination, and protect against cold and flu strains. Often used in combination with acupuncture, moxibustion consists of burning dried mugwort, or moxa, on specific areas and point on the body. Ground into a fluff, the dried mugwort is and burnt on the skin to warm regions and meridian points, stimulating circulation through the points for a smoother flow of blood and Qi. Following moxibustion treatments you will observe new and revived energy throughout the body in addition to treatment of both excess and deficient conditions.
Cupping is used to loosen muscle tension using suction and encouraging blood flow. It can assist with detoxification of the body, help with pain, inflammation and general wellbeing. Also assisting with relaxation of the whole body, it can have a similar all-over effect as deep tissue massage.
Cosmetic Acupuncture
In Chinese medicine, it is believed that your face is the reflection of overall your health and wellbeing. Cosmetic Acupuncture helps to renew the face and neck areas on a constitutional level, restoring good health and enhancing appearance with long-lasting and sustained effects. It is used to lift the facial area without the use of invasive and paralytic treatments like BOTOX.
Focusing on acupuncture points to systemically increase blood circulation and stimulate the lymphatic system, cosmetic acupuncture stimulates collagen production. It also relaxes tired muscles and activates idle muscles in the facial and neck area, boosting tone and appearance locally and systemically. Treatments can improve muscle tone, firmness and elasticity of the skin. As a result, improve the appearance skin, lift sagging and drooping cheek, and fill out sunken areas in the neck and around the eyes. Treatments can diminish the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, soften deep wrinkles, treat skin lesion, pigmentation and soften acne scarring.
Cosmetic acupuncture slows down the aging processing, lightens skin colour, and reduces stress tension and evidence of tiredness from your face. Treatments leave you with a glowing, radiant and rejuvenated skin. Cosmetic acupuncture treatments can also improve and treat neuromuscular facial conditions, such as facial paralysis and trigeminal neuralgia.
I provide healthcare in a different way. Call me today to find out about my unique approach and to book a visit.
My Passion and Treatment Journey
A Superior Physician Treats Disease Before it Occurs.
My passion is to bring you to the optimal level of health, away from disease and illness. Therefore, my treatment is more than just healing. My ultimate goal is to transform and bring forward your greatest potential for health, vitality and vibrant appearance.
My Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) journey started with an initial focus on practicing acupuncture realising it’s the positive effects in treating muscular skeletal trauma and pain management. I grew to appreciate the need to incorporate more holistic therapies, and began to incorporate remedial massage (Tui Na) and muscle energy techniques into my practice. With this I developed skills and a deeper understanding of the muscular and skeletal foundations of the body, and the connections with the meridians. Discovering the mechanisms and links between soft tissue and body tensions, I became an expert in treating all types of pain and injuries related to muscular and neuromuscular conditions.
With many successes treating complex conditions or pain and tension throughout the body, I believe to heal the person from inside is as important, if not more so, than treating from the outside. A holistic approach is the ultimate way to change a person and bring about complete and optimal health as a whole. With this, I became very passionate at treating internal conditions and integrated Chinese herbal medicine into my practice. Traveling to China multiple times to study and improve my practice, I interned at renowned Traditional Chinese medicine hospitals, studying under revered specialists and Chinese medicine experts.
After many years of practicing Acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine and Tui Na I have had success treating numerous medical conditions. such as:
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Women’s issues
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Men’s issues
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Chronic Fatigue, Maintaining healthy liver and kidney functions.
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Improve General Well-being and Digestive issues
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Fertility and IVF support
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Muscular issues and pain relief
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Cancer management ( reducing side effects of chemo / radio therapy, enhance recovery processing and boost immunity to prevent relapse, with the aim to improve quality of life and prolonging life span)
Thanks to my own treatments and using Chinese medicine to optimise my own health. My muscles are now relaxed and I have become pain free with improved posture. I sleep well am able to wake up full of energy and maintain those energy levels throughout the day. I no longer experience high-fever or food intolerance. Free from fatigue, my eyes are free from eye-bags and dark circles under. For this reason I use myself as an example for my patients asking them: “If I cannot change myself, how could I make changes to you?”, “If I cannot make myself right, how can I make you right?”
Ping Du - Practitioner Qualifications
Bachelor of Health Sciences (Chinese Medicine)- The Southern School of Natural Therapies
Diploma of Traditional Chinese Medicine Remedial Massage (Tui Na), with an award of Outstanding Clinical Achievement - The Southern School of Natural Therapies
Prized by AMT (Association of Massage Therapist) with scholarship of one year free membership
Registered with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
Memberships:
· AACMA (Australia Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Association)
· HICAPS accredited
· Private Health Fund Rebate Available
Contact
For more information about Ping Du Chinese Medicine, treatments, consultation times and more, don’t hesitate to call Ping on the number below:
Phone: 0433778899
Email: pingducm@gmail.com
Consultation Times:
Monday 9am - 6pm
Thursday 9am - 8pm
Friday 9am - 8pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm
Greensborough Plaza, Level 1, Shop 104 /25 Main Street Greensborough 3088