Balanced Natural Health with Dr. Maz – Details, episodes & analysis

With the health and wellness industry exploding as it is, the following is a conversation I find myself having more and more frequently. What I have observed over the years - both in my own health journey and in my many years in clinic - is that simple & natural is most often best. While extreme or heroic practices, and expensive biohacks & supplements, may seem glamorous and exciting and may promise the world, I see that we can achieve the same benefits with the simple - often free! - consistent things that we do each day (grounding, sunlight, movement, emotional expression) and by living as closely to Mama Nature as we can (wholefoods, clean & coherent water, natural light & frequencies, aligning with daily / seasonal rhythms). I also have witnessed that while it may be tempting to ADD more to our lives in an attempt to gain more vitality, it is very often what we REMOVE that frees up our vital force to go about its job of healing, repair and restoration. Reducing the load in our "toxin bucket" by limiting what we throw in there (food additives, chemicals, synthetic fragrances, toxin in personal care & home products, non-native electromagnetic fields, artificial lighting, etc.) can be just as - if not more - profound as what we add to our lives. I can also add to this the witnessing & releasing of limiting beliefs, "congestive" emotional habits and stored trauma is another important piece of the puzzle - letting go of these liberates vast amounts of our innate healing powers. In this episode I share the simple, daily practices that I include to nourish my health, and easy ways you can apply them yourself. CAVEAT: the practices discussed are suitable for most of us who are in at least a reasonable state of health. There are times when systems may be so depleted, overloaded with toxins or in such an pronounced state of compensation ("disease") that more extreme measures - practices, supplements, devices - may be temporarily necessary in order to restore a baseline level of vital energy to the system, which can then take it from there. CLEAN 15 & DIRTY DOZEN WATER FILTERS I USE EPISODE 2: Happy hormones naturally, for better health ("detox") EPISODE 3: Happy hormones naturally, for better health ("detox") More on Dr. Maz drmaz.earth instagram.com/drmaz_qi/ facebook.com/drmaz.qi youtube.com/@drmaz.qiqueen Disclaimer Chinese Medicine is a personalised, functional medicine that treats the individual and the root cause of their presenting imbalance (what conventional medicine would call the symptom, disease or condition). This means that your doctor of Chinese Medicine will work one-on-one with you to achieve a personalised treatment plan. As such, this podcast is for informational purposes and is not intended to diagnose, prescribe or substitute existing medical advice. © Copyright Balanced Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine and Dr. Maz Roginski 2025

Not only does your Heart have tastebuds, but it is also connected to your Tongue - and the Uterus and Room of Sperm (what a poetic name for the testicles!). This connection between the various organs has been well-known by Chinese Medicine for thousands of years, and now, modern research is rediscovering what the ancients knew for so long. Recent research has found that the heart has receptors for both the bitter and sweet taste, and that these receptors are believed to modulate the function of the heart. In our oldest medical text, the Huang Di Nei Jing (Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine), it is stated that: “the Heart is benefited by the bitter taste” and “bitter-tasting substances can clear the Heart”  "sweet herbs are used to sedate" but "too much sweet taste can disturb the Heart Qi”   And it gets even better! In Chinese Medicine, the Heart is connected to the Uterus and  testicles via the Bao Mai. And, guess where else in the body can bitter taste receptors are found?? You guessed it! The uterine lining and the testicles. Wild, huh? Chinese Medicine has such a profound and nuanced understanding of health. It’s a complete system of healing that has been proven over millennia, with rich detail on how to use herbs & flavours for health, and a holistic understanding of the connection between the visceral organs (like the Heart) and the sense organs (like the tongue). This can offer up new perspectives and potential for health and healing. In this episode, we explore the connection between: • Heart & tongue • Kidneys & ears • Liver & eyes • Spleen & mouth • Lungs & nose We share modern research and clinical case studies that beautifully illustrate this connection, and discuss some acupressure points to support the vitality of the sensory organs. Join our community! Sign up to the newsletter (scroll down) - you will also receive a free eBook on Nourishing Life with Ancient Wisdom. More on Dr. Maz drmaz.earth instagram.com/drmaz_qi/ facebook.com/drmaz.qi youtube.com/@drmaz.qiqueen Disclaimer Chinese Medicine is a personalised, functional medicine that treats the individual and the root cause of their presenting imbalance (what conventional medicine would call the symptom, disease or condition). This means that your doctor of Chinese Medicine will work one-on-one with you to achieve a personalised treatment plan. As such, this podcast is for informational purposes and is not intended to diagnose, prescribe or substitute existing medical advice. © Copyright Balanced Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine and Dr. Maz Roginski 2025

In Chinese Medicine, healthy digestion and assimilation of nutrients belongs to the Earth element. It is the foundation for vibrant health and wellness, and so our medicine has many practices and lifestyle tips that support this essential function. “Symptoms” (or body messages!) like gastritis, indigestion, stomach pain & bloating, ulcers and acid reflux are common in our modern society, reflecting a departure from health practices that have withstood millennia. Luckily, our age-old medicine has many simple dietary tweaks and lifestyle guidelines to help restore balance to the digestion, in turn resolving the conditions mentioned above. In this episode, I share easy ways that you can support your body to ease stomach pain, burn, bloat and discomfort, and help restore vitality! More on Dr. Maz balancedacupuncture.com.au instagram.com/balanced_with_drmaz/ facebook.com/balancedwithdrmaz tiktok.com/@balanced.with.drmaz Disclaimer Chinese Medicine is a personalised, functional medicine that treats the individual and the root cause of their presenting imbalance (what conventional medicine would call the symptom, disease or condition). This means that your doctor of Chinese Medicine will work one-on-one with you to achieve a personalised treatment plan. As such, this podcast is for informational purposes and is not intended to diagnose, prescribe or substitute existing medical advice. © Copyright Balanced Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine and Dr. Maz Roginski 2024

Chinese Medicine is a holistic framework that views all of space-time as one interconnected web: humans are woven into the fabric of the cosmos, and our health and vitality is influenced by the cycles of the heavens, the seasons, the sun and the moon. Recognising the importance of these cycles - and the benefits that aligning with these cycles can confer upon our health - the ancient sages and doctors observed Nature, and codified her many cycles and how they impact us. The result of this is a range of lenses that look at different expanses and magnifications of space-time. These lenses are fractal in nature, describing the ebb and flow of Yin and Yang - the contraction and expansion of the cosmic breath - at each degree. Like the many instruments of an orchestra that meld together to create music, these various cycles weave together to manifest the world we inhabit. I could do an episode on each of these cycles, so in this episode, we will focus on the Meridian Clock! The Meridian Clock is a 24-hour cycle describing the circulation of Qi throughout the 12 meridians of the body, and highlights various points of our circadian rhythm that are optimal for specific functions. It’s not surprising to me that the ancients had this cycle figured out thousands of years ago. The details which they identified are now being described by contemporary science in the forms of chronobiology, chronopharmacology and chronopathology, and it's curious to note how diseases affecting certain organs align with the timings of this ancient clock. In this episode, we go on a journey around the Meridian Clock, learning what it can illuminate for us about our state of wellness and vitality - as well as simple, practical things we can do to align ourselves with the flow of life and health. More on Dr. Maz balancedacupuncture.com.au instagram.com/balanced_with_drmaz/ facebook.com/balancedwithdrmaz tiktok.com/@balanced.with.drmaz Disclaimer Chinese Medicine is a personalised, functional medicine that treats the individual and the root cause of their presenting imbalance (what conventional medicine would call the symptom, disease or condition). This means that your doctor of Chinese Medicine will work one-on-one with you to achieve a personalised treatment plan. As such, this podcast is for informational purposes and is not intended to diagnose, prescribe or substitute existing medical advice. © Copyright Balanced Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine and Dr. Maz Roginski 2024

Have you ever felt scattered or ungrounded after a shocking, frightening or distressing event? Or felt so stressed that it changed your breathing pattern? So angry that your chest and head felt hot? So worried that your stomach was twisted up in knots? So sad that your chest felt heavy and dull? In Chinese Medicine we understand that, aside from environmental effects or traumatic causes, emotions are the main cause for dis-ease in our systems. The ancient doctors and sages observed the specific effects of each emotional state on the sum total of an individual's Qi, or the totality of their unique energetic field. Even modern science concurs that we are predominantly "empty" space - not as solid as we might think, and rather composed of a multidimensional symphony of frequencies. If not processed and allowed to move out of the field, emotions can inhibit the flow, harmony and coherence of our energy. Luckily, the ancients also codified many simple and accessible ways that we can move through these emotions and restore balance to the body-mind-soul. In this episode, I share some basic balances for common emotional experiences that many can relate to. More on Dr. Maz balancedacupuncture.com.au instagram.com/balanced_with_drmaz/ facebook.com/balancedwithdrmaz tiktok.com/@balanced.with.drmaz Disclaimer Chinese Medicine is a personalised, functional medicine that treats the individual and the root cause of their presenting imbalance (what conventional medicine would call the symptom, disease or condition). This means that your doctor of Chinese Medicine will work one-on-one with you to achieve a personalised treatment plan. As such, this podcast is for informational purposes and is not intended to diagnose, prescribe or substitute existing medical advice. © Copyright Balanced Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine and Dr. Maz Roginski 2024

One of the fundamental tenets of Chinese Medicine is that it listens closely to the messages (symptoms) of the body-mind-soul, and uses that vital information to support the individual in moving towards their fullest expression of health.  It recognises that we are all unique, and so the treatment approach will be unique each time too. There is no "protocol" to treat specific "diseases", as treatment will vary with each individual being - and will also change over both time and space (as we are intricately connected to our environment). This perspective is not exclusive to Chinese Medicine alone. Any truly holistic medicine will take a similar approach: acknowledging the body-mind-soul's wisdom and brilliance in creating the adaptations (often seen as "symptoms") that it does, and supporting the whole system towards greater vitality and health. In contrast, allopathic medicine generally seeks to suppress the inconvenient "symptoms", which only serves to perpetuate the "condition" - or prompts it to move into another aspect of the body-mind-soul. Most often, long-term management via pharmaceutical means is the best that can be hoped for, and resolution is not a goal. In addition, "treatment" approaches are protocolised, offering one method or drug for the same symptoms, regardless of the many contributing or coexisting factors, and the individual's unique history and experience. In this episode I talk more deeply on this topic, and also share the Classical Chinese Medicine lens on health - if we don't use protocol medicine and diagnosis, how do we assess. differentiate and treat what is presenting? How do we construct treatments to support the individuals? Find out in this episode! More on Dr. Maz balancedacupuncture.com.au instagram.com/balanced_with_drmaz/ facebook.com/balancedwithdrmaz tiktok.com/@balanced.with.drmaz Disclaimer Chinese Medicine is a personalised, functional medicine that treats the individual and the root cause of their presenting imbalance (what conventional medicine would call the symptom, disease or condition). This means that your doctor of Chinese Medicine will work one-on-one with you to achieve a personalised treatment plan. As such, this podcast is for informational purposes and is not intended to diagnose, prescribe or substitute existing medical advice. © Copyright Balanced Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine and Dr. Maz Roginski 2024

Where I live, we are currently in the very depths of Winter - the season of the Water element, which rules the Kidney and Bladder. These channels can be most easily imbalanced by external Cold, and so at this time of year we can more often see "cold-like" presentations. Luckily, we have a whole toolbox of options for restoring balance in Chinese Medicine! In this episode, I talk about: • simple ways to kick out a cold with common herbs, Qi Gong and a special acupuncture point you can pinch if you get a chill; • how the energy of Cold can upset fluid metabolism and affect bladder function, leading to a UTI-like presentation; • the Water element, and how we can nourish this element not only in Winter, but at any time of year that is may require; • messages that this element can do with some love, and simple things you can try at home; • some basic food, flavour and cooking ideas to nourish Water; • the magic of salt, its relation to Water, and how natural salt beautifully structured our drinking and body water. I hope it is of interest and benefit! This acupressure trick can kick out an early stage chill (within the first 6-8 hours or so) Start to pinch this point, Da Zhui, on the upper spine for a minute or so. Pinch as firmly as you can handle, until you feel a light flush. You may also feel a gentle warmth spreading out from that area. Keep the area warm and protected from further Wind and Cold after doing this technique, as the pores and surface of the body will be open (this is how we kick the Cold out, before it settles in any deeper). Da Zhui is translated as "Great Vertebra" - a handy guide to its location in the depression below the biggest, most prominent vertebra, where your neck joins the back. Why this works This point is a meeting point of all the Yang channels. The Yang channels govern the exterior of our body, and maintain good "boundaries" and harmony with the outside world. Certain weather - especially Cold and Wind - can breach these boundaries, and "colds" can ensue. Another way to kick an early stage cold = cinnamon, ginger and honey tea + a hot shower + bundle up well + rest. This is why we love scarves in Chinese Medicine While a gentle breeze on a hot day can be soothing, excess Wind can upset our system. We are at all times surrounded by a thin layer of warm air at our skin surface, which helps to maintain our boundaries and “immunity”. The maintenance of this protective boundary is why we get goosebumps when we are cold - the raising of the fine body hairs helps to trap more body heat close to the skin. If this is repeatedly blown away, our muscles can tighten up in an effort to maintain the optimal levels of body heat. What we do when we are cold? We hunch our shoulders up to our ears to keep ourselves warm. As the thinnest part of our body, and one which houses vital tissues like the spinal cord, nerves, arteries and muscles to support our head, the neck and nape are easily susceptible to Wind. If these areas get too wind-blown, we often see symptoms like headache & migraine, neck / shoulder / back pain and colds / flu as a result. This is why we consider it an important part of selfcare and health maintenance to wear a scarf to protect this vital area when it's windy*. Plus you get to accessorise - winning! * This also applies to air-conditioning and strong drafts (like open car windows when driving at high speeds). I've had patients with chronic headaches / neck pain that resolved as soon as they moved their desk to a part of the office that wasn't under an aircon vent. More on Dr. Maz balancedacupuncture.com.au instagram.com/balanced_with_drmaz/ facebook.com/balancedwithdrmaz tiktok.com/@balanced.with.drmaz Disclaimer Chinese Medicine is a personalised, functional medicine that treats the individual and the root cause of their presenting imbalance (what conventional medicine would call the symptom, disease or condition). This means that your doctor of Chinese Medicine will work one-on-one with y...

Today I invite you to join me in a thought experiment - a journey of imagination, and perhaps, a dreaming into being of a new world. I think that it’s really important to ask these questions and consider what is possible, because: A) it’s a big part of the actual scientific method - not the scientism that has been co-opted into dogma and religious belief, but the true spirit of inquiry through which we learn about our world, and who we are in it. In science, we ask “what if…”, “how does this work”, “how do we know this”, “why do we assume this be true”, “how can we consider this differently”, “can we look at things in a more expansive way” B) words are spells! Our words spell out and shape our reality, the inform our subconscious minds; they shape how we think and how we relate with the world - and what kind of world we create around us.   In this episode, we ponder, what if we evolved into a different understanding and terminology for what we now call the “immune system”?  Is there another way to think of how our bodies adapt to input from the external world that is not so defensive, separating, oppositional and rooted in attack-thinking? What if we thought of the amazing symphony of functions that helps us adjust to the world, and to process and assimilate a spectrum of information and input, as a dynamic interface - the veil between outside and inside? Just because something is defined a certain way now doesn’t mean that it has always been that way, and we discuss some alternate perspectives on the science of health. How can we hope to create a more beautiful world of peace and  harmony from a place of fear, defensiveness, resistance and resentment? I believe that through our own liberation, healing and expansion, we can heal the world around us. When we shed our own limiting thoughts and worldviews, and become more whole and integrated, we are doing something real for the world - an infinitesimal part of healing the collective, to paraphrase Jung. It’s an inside job, and it starts with us. And so I think, if we hold certain worldviews of conflict, violence, attack, such as those that have come to the forefront in the past century with the rise of pharmaceutical medicine, what are we perpetuating into the world around us, what are we dreaming into being? What can we create from a worldview that is more connected, trusting and benevolent? Come dream with me! More on Dr. Maz balancedacupuncture.com.au instagram.com/balanced_with_drmaz/ facebook.com/balancedwithdrmaz tiktok.com/@balanced.with.drmaz Disclaimer Chinese Medicine is a personalised, functional medicine that treats the individual and the root cause of their presenting imbalance (what conventional medicine would call the symptom, disease or condition). This means that your doctor of Chinese Medicine will work one-on-one with you to achieve a personalised treatment plan. As such, this podcast is for informational purposes and is not intended to diagnose, prescribe or substitute existing medical advice. © Copyright Balanced Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine and Dr. Maz Roginski 2024

In this episode, I share my own journey with Chinese Medicine: both the profound healing I received and my path to practicing this amazing medicine. Throughout my journey in this medicine, I have seen time and again that healing is always possible, symptoms are messages that are happening FOR us (not to us) and we have the power to make change and redirect the course of our health. More on Dr. Maz balancedacupuncture.com.au instagram.com/balanced_with_drmaz/ facebook.com/balancedwithdrmaz tiktok.com/@balanced.with.drmaz Disclaimer Chinese Medicine is a personalised, functional medicine that treats the individual and the root cause of their presenting imbalance (what conventional medicine would call the symptom, disease or condition). This means that your doctor of Chinese Medicine will work one-on-one with you to achieve a personalised treatment plan. As such, this podcast is for informational purposes and is not intended to diagnose, prescribe or substitute existing medical advice. © Copyright Balanced Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine and Dr. Maz Roginski 2024

In this episode, I chat with Monique Telfer of Meta Pilates. Monique is a teacher of DNS - Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilisation - a school of movement that has been absolutely life-changing for me in resolving life-long pain, and in supercharging my strength and movement. I've always been active and have loved many different types of movement, from tennis to running, Ashtanga and other forms of yoga, Qi Gong, snowboarding, skating and surfing. But I always felt like there was a missing piece of the puzzle: despite my broad range of activity, I didn't feel as strong and stable as I might have thought, and I sensed that there was more that I could get from my performance and my enjoyment of movement. That missing piece was DNS. DNS basically does a factory reset on the adaptive patterns of movement, posture and proprioception (our awareness of our bodies in space) that we have collected over a lifetime. It updates our nervous system and brain to facilitate healthy movement and postural habits, and in doing so, allows us to use our whole body holistically, and in concert and coherence. I love that DNS gives us the tools to course-correct in a home practice between sessions, and that it grows our knowledge of ourselves. I often suggest it as part of the toolkit for people who talk to me about musculoskeletal pain, injuries and postural habits, and so I thought it was time to share more in a deep dive into this amazing modality. metapilates.com.au insta @metapilates_aus More on Dr. Maz balancedacupuncture.com.au instagram.com/balanced_with_drmaz/ facebook.com/balancedwithdrmaz tiktok.com/@balanced.with.drmaz Disclaimer Chinese Medicine is a personalised, functional medicine that treats the individual and the root cause of their presenting imbalance (what conventional medicine would call the symptom, disease or condition). This means that your doctor of Chinese Medicine will work one-on-one with you to achieve a personalised treatment plan. As such, this podcast is for informational purposes and is not intended to diagnose, prescribe or substitute existing medical advice. © Copyright Balanced Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine and Dr. Maz Roginski 2024