Dr Heidi Yuen

Heidi has worked as an engineer for over 30 years. As a naturally curious and solution-oriented person, she is always fascinated to learn how things work and how to improve them. Disillusioned with the healthcare system in Australia, she chose her second career as a Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner and Qigong instructor in the belief that ancient Chinese medical theory is able to offer solutions to health crises in the modern world.

Her goal is empowering people to lead a healthy and happy life with a natural approach.

Born in Hong Kong, Heidi is fluent in both Mandarin and Cantonese. She grew up in a culture that uses tradition Chinese Medicine and promotes ideas of natural therapies, such as “food is medicine” and Qigong practice. Her Chinese background enables her to read ancient texts with a deeper understanding.

Heidi is passionate about gynaecology, especially in helping women to overcome issues such as period pain, PMS, menopause symptoms and infertility. Her natural fertility and IVF support treatment is all encompassing including acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, massage, cupping and moxibustion.

Being an enthusiastic acupuncturist, Heidi is familiar with the centuries-old pain-relieving measures. The Ancient Chinese people found that the human body consists of different meridian channels where Qi (vital energy) flows freely within. If a person is experiencing pain, then there may be blockages in one or more channels. Pain may be relieved by removing the stagnant Qi. Heidi treats a range of pain conditions including headache/migraine, arthritic joint pain, sciatica, fibromyalgia and musculoskeletal conditions such as temporomandibular joint syndrome (TMJ), whiplash, neck pain, tennis elbow, carpal tunnel, frozen shoulder, back pain and Achilles tendonitis. Realizing the spine and nervous system are the master controllers of the human body, Heidi acquired the Spinal Flow Technique to release spinal blockages of the clients for self-healing.

As a Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner, Heidi Yuen has found that many physical symptoms of her patients often have an underlying mental or emotional component. The human body is a complex energy field. Energy healing is a variety of holistic healing techniques that use the natural mind-body connection to promote emotional and physical well-being. Heidi uses Transformational Acupuncture to gain optimal results with clients suffering from mental issues such as depression, anxiety and stress. She also helps her clients with the Emotion Code, the Body Code and the Belief Code. The Emotion Code identifies and releases discomfort or imbalances in the body and mind caused by trapped emotions. The Body Code uncovers root causes such as trauma, toxins, misaligned chakras or meridians, and nutrient imbalances. The Belief Code traces negative belief systems to their origins, helping to eliminate limiting thoughts.

Heidi’s natural warmth and compassion are second only to her ongoing commitment to providing the best in patient care. Seeing that the overweight and obesity epidemic has risen to alarming levels, Heidi conducted research at RMIT on treatments with Chinese herbal medicine. She combines the Western and Eastern medical theories on weight management in order to obtain optimal results.

Heidi is registered with AHPRA (Australia Health Practitioner Regulation Agency) as an Acupuncturist and Chinese Herbal Medicine Practitioner and is a member of AACMA (Australian Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Association). Acupuncture treatments provided by Heidi are claimable for clients with extra cover in major private health funds as well as for clients of NDIS (National Disability Insurance Scheme), TAC (Transport Accident Commission) and WorkSafe .

Qualifications

PhD, School of Health and Biomedical Science, RMIT University (2015 – 2023)
Bachelor of Health Science – Chinese Medicine, SSNT (2008 – 2014)
Diploma of Remedial Massage, East West College (2009 – 2013)
Master of Engineering, Swinburne University (1996 – 2000)

Professional links

Australia Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
Chinese Medicine Broad of Australia
Australian Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Association
What is Transformational Acupuncture?
What is The Emotion Code?
What is The Body Code?
What is The Belief Code?
What is Spinal Flow Technique?