About Bayside Acupuncture

Bayside Acupuncture provides treatment in a comprehensive range of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) modalties.

The human body can be likened to a highly complex electrical circuit. Like any electrical circuit, it must be kept in good working order if it is to function effectively. If the human circuit breaks down the result is illness.

Each person has energy circulation. To maintain good health, it is essential for the body's energy, as well as the blood, to circulate in a continuous or unobstructed manner. The pathways through which the energy flows are called meridians and these circulate through the organs and tissues of the body. The energy which flows along the meridians is called the Qi (Chi). These meridians were mapped out by the ancient Chinese.

TCM combines Oriental massage therapy, acupuncture, moxibustion heat therapy and Chinese herbal medicine for an effective, safe and wholistic approach to healthcare.

TCM can treat successfully many common and complex ailments without the need for Western pharmaceutical drugs that have undesirable side effects. Simply click on the links on the left to discover more about each.

In additional to treatments, Bayside Acupuncture offers detailed consultation to patients in order to prescribe a wide range of Chinese herbal medicines, including more than 200 raw herbs and combination herbal treatments in pill and powdered extract form.

Practitioners

	Bayside Acupuncture's principal health practitioner is Stephen McDermott. Stephen has studied with many masters and professors in both Australia and China and holds a Bachelor of Health Science in Acupuncture.
Stephen McDermott receiving the Award for Clinical Excellence at Nanning University in China, where he completed his internship

Charmaine Daniels
Dip. TCM, Cert. Acupuncture, AACMA
Charmaine has more than 22 years clinical experience in both traditional and laser acupuncture and has provided care at Bayside Acupuncture for the past three years. Charmaine incorporates oriental massage, moxibustion and cupping techniques in each consultation, holistically working with muscle, soft tissue and meridian channels to bring about a state of health and well being. In addition to a Diploma in TCM, Charmaine has a Certificate in Acupuncture from Hangzhou University in China.

Johanna Evans
B.H.Sc. (Acupuncture & Chinese Herbal Medicine), AACMA
Johanna specialises in the treatment of children as well as adults for a wholistic approach to health care. Johanna has a Bachelor of Health Sciences in Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine and a Certificate in Advanced Acupuncture and Paediatric Herbal Medicine, which she received in China.