Apologies, I am currently not practising nor prescribing herbal medicine/supplements.
However, I will keep my website up to inform and for blogs and any information that comes to mind regarding health.
Services on the Mornington Peninsula:
Acupuncture and dry needling
Western and Chinese herbal medicine and supplements
Cupping
Moxibustion (heat therapy)
Cold Laser/Photobiomodulation therapy
World of Wellness member, go to worldofwellness.life for more info and also AMPS member, supporting autonomy in medicine.
Everyone is welcome
I have been practicing Chinese medicine including acupuncture & herbal medicine in the Flemington/Ascot Vale area for 22 years and now happily looking after the local community on the Mornington peninsula. The clinic is set on two beautiful tranquil acres and services Bittern, Balnarring, Crib Point, Somers, Hastings, HMAS Cerberus, Tuerong, Tyabb, Moorooduc, Mornington, Merricks, Mt Martha, Mt Eliza, Shoreham, Pt Leo, Flinders, Red Hill, Main Ridge, Langwarrin, Somerville, Baxter, Frankston, St Andrews, Rosebud, Dromana, Sorrento and Portsea.
Take care and look after yourself!
Silvia Russo
Human & Horse Acupuncture & Herbalist
B.Sc (Hons in Biochemistry) Melb
B.App.Sci (Chinese medicine) RMIT
Clinical Internship at JiangSu Provincial Hospital China
GradDipHSc (Western herbal medicine) UNE
Dip (Equine Acupuncture) Allan Moffat
AMPS/Red Union member
equine acupuncture/laser
Equine acupuncture and cold laser therapy can be used as a complementary treatment for your horse, along side veterinary care and other treatments and can be used for all sorts of conditions, no different to what it is used for in humans. Some of the conditions though, do vary as they are only present in horses and not in humans!
Some of the conditions which cold laser and/or acupuncture is frequently used for in horses includes chronic and acute laminitis, colic, stringhalt, muscle tightness and soreness/pain, difficulties with digestion, trauma recovery and healing, soft tissue injury such as tendonitis, scar tissue, post viral fatigue or just fatigue/lacking lustre, viral infections with cough/COPD and choking. Silvia has in depth knowledge on how to treat laminitis and equine metabolic syndrome. More details in the blog.
acupuncture
Silvia has been practising for 21 years with special interest in preventative medicine and sports injuries/chronic pain with experience treating some past players of the Richmond Football Club including Matthew Richardson and athletes from other sports codes as well as being part of the medical team as an acupuncturist for the Western Bulldogs Football Club for 3 years from 2011 to 2014 helping achieve a low injury rate.
Some of the things that Silvia treats include back pain, sciatica, neck pain, headaches, migraine, autoimmune conditions, menopause, bronchitis, hay ever, sinus issues, TMJ, etc.
For more information on what acupuncture can treat, please visit my blog and https://www.evidencebasedacupuncture.org
Acupuncture Now Foundation
Acupuncture dates back to thousands of years ago and works within a holistic framework whereby the complete individual (physical, emotional and spiritual) is taken into consideration. Acupuncture taps into the nervous system activating the bodies own innate healing capacity thereby improving quality of mood, sleep, stress, digestion, pain and more.
PLEASE NOTE ACUPUNCTURE AND DRY NEEDLING ARE VERY DIFFERENT. Read more in my blog.
herbal medicine
We are lucky to be able to tap into nature and have herbs around us which nourish, support and guide our body through its very unique capacity to heal itself, no matter what the disease.
Having done a Graduate Diploma in Western herbal medicine from the University of New England with a background in biochemistry with Honours at Melbourne University, Silvia is qualified as both a medical herbalist as well as in Chinese herbal medicine.
Silvia can offer you a tailored health solution using the best quality herbal medicine, including supplements, which are mostly made in Australia and are TGA approved. Silvia has well stocked dispensary, containing practitioner only herbs and supplements in both tablet and liquid form, which are easy to take and so you can still look after yourself with a busy lifestyle. Chinese herbal medicine is AAA grade and certified organic from Empirical Health. Go to empiricalhealthshop.com.au for more information. Mediherb and Metagenics are other practitioner only herbs and supplements recommended.
Silvia can also work on your unique nutrition and lifestyle plan based on evidence based research and/or the traditional approach including recommending meditation and mindfulness programs such as MICBT (Mindfulness Integrative Cognitive Behavioural Therapy)
It is more important to know what sort of person has a disease than to know what sort of disease a person has."
Hippocrates (460-377 B.C.)
