Chinese Medicine Diet Therapy in Lewes
Food is medicine — but not in the one-size-fits-all way you might expect. At my acupuncture clinic in Lewes, I offer personalised dietary advice based on classical Chinese medicine. These food-based strategies are gentle, flexible, and designed to help your system recover and regulate naturally.
Whether you’re dealing with fatigue, digestive problems, emotional stress, or hormonal shifts, Chinese dietary therapy provides a clear framework for eating in a way that supports your unique constitution.
How Chinese Dietary Therapy Works
In Chinese medicine, diet isn’t just about calories or nutrients — it’s about balance. Foods have energetic qualities: they can be warming or cooling, drying or moistening, tonifying or dispersing. By observing your current condition, we adjust your food choices to restore internal harmony.
This might mean reducing damp-producing foods for sluggish digestion, introducing warming spices for cold hands and feet, or supporting Spleen Qi with simple, cooked meals.
It’s not about rules. It’s about understanding what your body is asking for — and how to respond without stress or overwhelm.
What Diet Advice Can Help With
Clients seek out Chinese dietary therapy in Lewes to address a wide range of issues:
Low energy, foggy head, or post-viral fatigue
Bloating, IBS, or sluggish digestion
Anxiety, overthinking, or poor appetite
Hormonal imbalance, menstrual irregularity
Cold hands/feet, poor circulation
Emotional eating patterns linked to stress
Even if your symptoms are vague or unnamed, we start from where you are — with foods that support healing rather than strain your system.
What to Expect
We’ll start with a full Chinese medical diagnosis, often during your acupuncture session. From there, I’ll suggest simple changes based on how you eat now. This may include:
Cooking methods to better support digestion
Specific ingredients to reduce or increase (e.g. warming grains, bitter greens, gentle spices)
Foods to avoid short-term while your system rebalances
Seasonal advice tailored to your energy and symptoms
No calorie counting. No strict meal plans. Just grounded, adaptable guidance — aligned with how your body heals.
Why Combine It with Acupuncture?
Dietary therapy works best when integrated with acupuncture. Acupuncture helps reset the system, while food choices reinforce those changes day-to-day.
At my acupuncture clinic in Lewes, many people find that changing how they eat — even in small ways — amplifies the benefits of treatment. Especially for conditions like digestive disorders, fatigue, and hormonal imbalance, the combination is deeply effective.
In-Depth Dietary Consultations Available
For those wanting a deeper dive into how food influences their energy, mood, and recovery, I offer standalone dietary consultations based on classical Chinese medicine.
Before your consultation, you’ll complete a short 3-day diet diary — noting meals, digestion, energy levels, and key symptoms. We’ll then explore how your current eating habits are influencing your condition and identify practical changes that can support balance and healing.
This consultation is suitable for:
Chronic digestive complaints (e.g. IBS, bloating, sluggishness)
Post-viral fatigue or long-term depletion
Emotional eating or irregular appetite
Hormonal imbalance and menstrual irregularity
You’ll leave with tailored recommendations that respect your constitution, lifestyle, and seasonal needs — no restrictive plans or fads.
Diet consultations can be booked separately or alongside acupuncture treatment.
Basic dietary suggestions are also included in all acupuncture sessions, depending on your diagnosis.
Book a Session
Curious if Chinese dietary therapy could help you? I offer a free 20-minute consultation to talk things through.
Book a full diagnosis and treatment session to receive personalised diet advice alongside acupuncture and hands-on care.
Food therapy and digestion support
Energy and recovery plans
Guidance without dogma
Book now or contact me to find out more.