Acupuncture benefits the immune system
Researchers at Hubei University of Chinese Medicine have discovered that electro acupuncture stimulation of acupuncture...
Acupuncture
Acupuncture is the oldest system of medicine in use today. Its effectiveness has been clinically proven for over two thousand years. The application of Acupuncture involves stimulating...
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Ancient records date Cupping therapy back 3000 years and it is still in use today by TCM practitioners. In the past bamboo cups were used. Nowadays cups are made of glass or plastic....
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Massage Therapy is one of the oldest health care practices known. References to massage are found in Chinese medical texts more than 4,000 years old. To the ancient Greek and Roman...
Find out MoreMoxibustion
Moxibustion is a form of therapy which treats and prevents diseases by applying heat to points or certain parts of the body. The material used is mainly “moxa wool” which is made...
Find out MoreReflexology
History of Reflexology can be dated back into ancient Egypt as evidenced by inscriptions found in a physician’s tomb early 6th dynasty about 2,330 B.C. at Saqqara in Egypt. Reflexology...
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Herbal medicine has been practised in the Orient for thousands of years and forms integral part of TCM. Chinese herbalists produce herbal prescription that is carefully tailored to...
Find out MoreAbout Iva
Iva C.Baloun had her first experience of Chinese Medicine while growing up in Europe, Prague. There a close family friend – Neurologist practised Acupuncture in a local hospital. Her own grandmother was Dr of Medicine (GP), however Iva found acupuncture more interesting and decided to study TCM as soon as she arrived in Melbourne.
Her travels took her first to Austria where she obtained a Diploma in Massage Therapy. After leaving Vienna in 1987 she came to Melbourne. Here she got to work part time in a multi-disciplinary clinic in Melbourne CBD and in Bayside Natural Therapies clinic where she was privileged to work alongside Shelley Beer. Shelley kindly kept an eye on Iva as at that time she was also enrolled at the Australian Acupuncture College in Melbourne to study TCM.
In 1993 Iva established her own consulting room in the Manchester Unity Building, Collins Street, Melbourne where she practised till the end of 2021. Iva has left CBD and now offers her services in South East Metropolitan Region of Melbourne.
