Balanced Natural Health with Dr. Maz

Latest Episodes
Episode 14: Late Summer Diet & Lifestyle Tips
Right now, we find ourselves in the season of Late Summer a time of humidity and dampness that can overwhelm the organ systems related to digestion and fluid metabolism, potentially resulting in dig
Episode 13: Five Elements & Five Flavours - Herbal Medicine & Food Medicine
Today we continue our discussion about the Five Elements in Chinese Medicine - and how they relate to the five flavours of different foods and medicinal herbs. This knowledge forms the foundation of Chinese Herbal Medicine and dietary therapy – and it ...
Episode 12: Five Elements, Organ Systems & Emotions
Today we demystify the 5 Elements - a central concept that we use in Chinese Medicine to classify things, symptoms, phenomena and the world around us. Stemming from Daoist philosophy, for the past several thousand years,
Episode 11: Everything Old is New again! The convergence of leading-edge biomedicine with ancient Chinese Medicine wisdom
Its such an interesting time for us Doctors of Chinese Medicine right now, as we are seeing more and more of our fundamental medical concepts embraced as the foundation of the most progressive biomed
Episode 10: Exercise – can we have too much of a good thing?
Can we have too much of a good thing? It's possible! Very often, I see patients who come in with chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia,disrupted hormones, autoimmune conditions or seeking to conceive, who ar
Episode 9: Happy New Year of the Metal Rat!
The Chinese New Year of the Metal Rat is just around the corner, and it's a big party, with one quarter of the world's population getting ready to celebrate! Let's find out more about the Metal Rat Year, and ways that we can celebrate to bring in more ...
Episode 8_ Acupuncture vs. Dry Needling – why the difference matters
They both use the same kind of needles, so youd be forgiven for thinking theyre the same. In a way they are: dry needling is small subset of acupuncture - just one tool in a very big toolbox! But de
Episode 7: MYTHBUSTING: why icing injuries is harmful, not helpful
People, please stop icing your injuries!! Today we are going to be busting the stubborn myth of icing. This is such an important one to raise awareness of, as its so entrenched in the mainstream medi
Episode 6: Mother Nature’s Medicine: the health benefits of connecting with nature
This time of year sees many of us in Australia able to enjoy some time off, and the beautiful weather makes for an additional encouragement to get outdoors. Most of us have observed how great we feel after a day at the beach, camping,
Episode 5: Beat the Bloat – Chinese Medicine digestion secrets!
Given that this episode is coming out the day after Christmas (and considering all of the feasting that often comes with this time of year!), I thought it was a timely opportunity to talk about digestion from a Chinese Medicine perspective,