Melissa Garland Acupuncture

03/09/2026

Another snippet from September’s guide!

Stroking up the Spleen channel is a lovely self care practice you can return to daily.

Starting at the big toe and stroking up the inner leg with alternating hands is a great Spleen boost for the autumn season.

Combine with post shower rituals if you’re a habit stacker or just stop in the middle of the supermarket and do it if you don’t care what anyone thinks! Make it work around your life 💁🏻‍♀️

Sending you steady Qi this autumn, hope to see you in clinic soon.

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Melissa x

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01/09/2026

Spiced Autumn Congee 💛

Congee is one of oldest and simplest healing foods in Chinese Medicine.

Rice is slow cooked until it transforms into a a soft, warm and easily digestible porridge.

I’ve added sweet potato, pears, ginger and cinnamon to this recipe for a perfect nourishing autumn breakfast.

Include this two or three times a week during the next few months - and you’ll be setting some strong, nourishing habits for the winter season ahead.

The full recipe and other Autumn Eating Chinese Medicine principles are included in September’s Restore Series Guide and newsletter, due out later this week.

Drop me a message if you’d like to receive the monthly newsletter or sign up via the link in bio.

See you soon 🍁💛🌾

12/08/2026

Incredible value, supervised treatment with our final year degree students - if you’re near Reading, give them a call.
You might see me there on Tuesdays😊

📍 Are you local to our college in Reading? Or have friends / family who are? Then we’d like to spread the word of our low-cost teaching clinic!

🥼 Our teaching clinic is an opportunity to experience traditional Chinese medicine and five element acupuncture under the care of an excellent team of practitioners for a lower investment.

🤓 In the teaching clinic patients are treated by college students in their third and final year of training. They work under the close supervision of senior staff.

☯️ So if you want to help shape the next generation of acupuncturists and receive excellent care whilst doing so, see how to book your appointment below…


📅 Held on Tuesdays and Saturdays
💰️ Treatments are only £20 per session
👀 Students are under close supervision
🧑‍🏫 Sessions are supervised by highly experienced practitioners
🏫 At the College of Integrated Chinese Medicine
📍 19-21 Castle Street, Reading, RG1 7SB
📞 Call 0118 950 8889 or
✉️ Email [email protected] to book
💻 Or go to our website for more info and to book online - https://www.acupuncturecollege.org.uk/clinics

01/08/2026

I’ve just come back from Finland.

I spent 5 days assisting at a magical midsummer retreat, yes it was work, but the kind of work that makes you light up.

Wildflowers, barefoot on the grass, lake swimming and a room of women discovering there is way more within them than they realised.

So, I took my own advice and I came back better.
I also came back with something to offer you..

For the last year I’ve been expanding my skills and training in Method Putkisto - a dynamic face and body programme that empowers you to really own how you look and feel as you age.

A new way to work with me is coming, the details are in the newsletter, link to join is in the bio.

See you in the clinic x

15/07/2026

Some sessions are quiet and still 🪷

Coming back to yourself can look like slow spirals and deep restoration in the right hands 🤲🏻

If you’d like to experience authentic facial Gua Sha please send me a message.

I’ll have spaces in August to begin treatment ✨



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29/06/2026

Chinese Medicine has always understood that food is medicine, and the wisdom that’s travelled thousands of years is simpler than you might think.

This balancing summer salad, inspired by Yang Sheng principles, is designed to help clear Heat and top up your energy during the summer season. It’s also full of protein and delicious flavours.

Shredded chicken, green beans, edamame, cucumber, spinach, pomegranate, sesame, ginger. A rice vinegar dressing that cools from the inside out.

This recipe is featured in my summer guide, which goes out exclusively to newsletter subscribers alongside seasonal TCM wisdom to support you between treatments.

If you’d like to receive it, you don’t need to be a client - just click the link in my bio to sign up.

22/06/2026

Solstice rituals! 🤍

This photo sequence is taken from an online one to one Gua Sha class, it was lovely to be able to facilitate this outside on the longest day! 🌞💫

If you’re interested in learning more about Gua Sha for health and self care - I’m your teacher!

With a monthly free workshop for beginners and private sessions for small groups if you want to get beyond the surface, just drop me a message.

More to follow on workshops and tools once I’m back in the clinic.

Inspired by EIM teaching Clive Witham | Gua sha Pioneer | PhD Researcher
Saji Spoon crafted by Amelia Johannsen • Ceramics • Mixed Media • Mosaics

18/06/2026

Future colleagues…

📣 We're enrolling now for our next BSc Acupuncture degree cohort!

✨ Did you know that we are unlike any other acupuncture college in the UK?

We offer:

☯️ Integrated teaching of Five Element acupuncture & TCM
🎓 Degree awarded by the Health Sciences University
✅ Fully accredited by British Acupuncture Accreditation Board
🧑‍🎓 Student loans for eligible students
💰 Monthly payment options
🗓 Weekend & weekday cohorts, every spring & autumn
🔄 50% theory & 50% practical
🖥 A blend of online & in-person teaching
📍 Central location in Reading, 25 minutes from London


🏫 We hold regular online and in-person open days, which are the perfect opportunity to ask all your questions and get a feel for the course and college.


Our next open day events are on:

📆 Saturday 20th June - 11:30 - 13:30 | at CICM
📆 Thursday 23rd July - 19:00 - 20:30 | online


➡️ Book your place via WhatsApp here - https://wa.me/13343578459?text=Click%20send%20to%20book%20open%20day

☎️ Or get in touch with our lovely registrar Jo on 01189 508 889 or email her at [email protected]

🎓 See more info about our degree here - https://www.acupuncturecollege.org.uk/bsc-hons-acupuncture-degree

🏫 She can also arrange for you to have a tour around the college any time, at your convenience, so please don’t hesitate to ask!

📣 And if you are already an acupuncturist, we would love for you to share this post with your patients too - we know that so many of us have trained at CICM because of our own acupuncturists!

10/06/2026

I haven’t posted for a while - between the clinic, teaching and building online workshops (more to come on this) I can safely say that real world practice > social media!

This is an overview of some focus areas this week ✨👌🏻

Any questions please reach out, appointments available from July.

29/09/2025

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