Acupuncture works on the principle of Qi, the energy that flows through the body's meridians. When that flow is blocked, discomfort follows. Treatment is about clearing the blockage, not masking the symptom.
Farzaneh Ghaffari completed her degree in Chinese Medicine at RMIT University in Melbourne, followed by a full year's clinical internship at the Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in China, where she trained directly under practitioners working within the tradition's home system. She went on to gain further clinical experience across China and Europe before establishing her own practice.
Twenty-three-plus years on, she's fully registered with the Chinese Medicine Board of Australia and AHPRA, and still runs just the one clinic — Melbourne Acupuncture & Wellness Centre on Leveson Street in North Melbourne — with patients travelling in from right across Melbourne and regional Victoria. Every new patient starts with a thorough consultation, health history and pulse and tongue assessment, so the treatment plan that follows is built around the person in the room, not a standard template.
Registered, regulated and still hands-on with every single patient, twenty-three years in.
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