明けましておめでとうございます
Akemashite omedetō gozaimasu
(Japanese For Happy New Year)

新年快乐 Xīnnián kuàilè
(as the happy song goes!:) 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Em18WSVguWw&list=RDEm18WSVguWw&index=1

 Happy New Year (in Mandarin!) 
Wishing all of us light, love, happiness and flow or healthy Qi.
I am happy to welcome New Year with all of you! 
New Year means new beginnings;
This is why we announce a transition of Inspire Acupuncture to 
Oriri Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine Centre!

Oriri will strive for higest standard of Japanese Acupuncture, Chinese and Japanese Herbal Medicine as well as we will bring back to life some traditional herbal European remedies. 

What is a meaning of Oriri?
Oriri from latin means: rise,arise, also originate, flow.

1. rise, get up.
2. appear, become visible.
3. born, come to exist, originate.

ref: in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879.
Oriri will be continuing on expending the acupuncture technics and diagnostic tools such as Inspire Acupuncture already built on for over 3 years improving diagnosis and treatment of the main stream Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Oriri will be committed to creating more public awareness about Oriental Medicine.
We will soon announce few workshops for the second part of 2016 and we are going to publish more articles.

Beware of Chinese Herbs?
 
This is a surprising question when coming from me, licensed Practitioner legally distributing Chinese Herbs.
Well… recently one of my friend decided to cleanse with Chinese herbs. A patented formula from China (I don't carry patents from China) was promising everything from cleansing your bowel, liver and I think immortality… well I thought, I better examine what is in it! One of ingredients was cinnabar. Cinnabar contains mercury, it can be dangerous and it goes against cleansing.
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PLEASE Remember if you consume Chinese herbs prescribed and administered by Licensed and Board certified Chinese Medicine Practitioner you are getting herbs free of chemicals, tested for heavy metals and other pollutants. You are getting quality as well as your herbs are design just for you. 
Chinese Medicine is very powerful and it has to be treated as such.
Check your provincial regulatory body to find out if your practitioner is Board Certified.
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For evidence based newest Chinese herbal medicine breakthroughs here is a fascinating info:
http://chinesemedicinenews.com

This site includes only evidence based research on mainly single Chinese Herbs.
Fantastic news about Magnolia Bark and its antimicrobial properties. This herb's flower is a main ingredients in many different formulas for sore throat, cold, and flu. However it has been recently discovered that the bark of the magnolia tree also used in TCM has anti-depressant like action. 

of coconut milk. Blend, chill, enjoy!