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FlameTree is our foundational healing system and is highly recommended by Dr. George Dellas (DCM, DN).
In short: FlameTree: the personal development & healing system is a state-of-the-art bio-energetic medicine system, supported by scienctific theories (e.g. unified field theory; quantum physics), that locates and neutralizes charged events (e.g. emotions, memories, thoughts, past life situations, etc.) within a person’s BodyMind Complex that are adversely impacting the natural healing communications of the person’s body, as directed by the client’s innate wisdom. How does it locate these charged events? FlameTree uses you, your innate wisdom, to answer 'yes' or 'no' through a myocyte tendon reflex following the FlameTree protocol. Through this, we are able to identify what your innate requires and the techniques necessary to assist you release these energetic charges, thereby opening you up to the possibility that you can achieve lasting inner peace, personal development and healing. FlameTree empowers you to access your innate ability to heal yourself.
Dr. George Dellas (DCM, DN) uses FlameTree as his foundational healing system to holistically integrate his skill base and to assist you in identifying what is priority for you, as does In Focus's other certified FlameTree healer, Gabrielle Besser. You can read more about why George and Gabi use FlameTree on our Home Page and on our In Focus Team Page, that is if you have not already done so ☺.
In Detail: You may also wish to go to the official FlameTree website at www.theflametreesystem.com and read more there as well as having the opportunity to downloading a free e-book from the founder, Dr. Rhett Ogston (DCM).
If you are interested in becoming a certified FlameTree healer, please refer to our Wellness Courses.
With a rich history of practice for over 2500 years, TCM views the human body as an organic whole with the acknowledgement of a strong connection between the body, mind and spirit, which integrates with the natural environment as one.
Practitioners of TCM have always considered that well-being and vitality are influenced through the ability to nurture, what is known in TCM terms, as our ‘Three Treasures’, which everyone posses. This includes our Jing, known as our ‘Life Force’; Qi (pronounced Chee), known as our ‘Vital Energy’ and Shen, known as our ‘Mind and Spirit’. It stands to reason why these great TCM practitioners of early years advocated ‘prevention as being better than cure’ and focused their treatments on supporting the body’s ‘Three Treasures’ for any disruption to these ‘Treasures’ results in disharmony and ‘dis-ease’ states.
George recognizes the importance of following on with this tradition, as all too often the demands and stresses of life distract us from keeping in touch with nature, leaving little time for us to nurture our ‘Three Treasures’, thereby creating the pathway to disharmony. In using FlameTree, we aim to guide you in establishing a wellbeing plan that focuses on supporting and nurturing your ‘Three Treasures’ in addition to addressing your specific health conditions.
Chinese herbal medicine is based on TCM principles and theories. Chinese herbs are prescribed to both support your Three Treasures and to treat specific disease states. The appropriate herbs are selected once the TCM diagnosis is established.
Traditionally herbs were prepared by boiling them for up to 1 hour, making what is known as a ‘herbal decoction’. Although this is still practiced, Dr. George Dellas (DCM, DN) has found that the hectic pace of modern life does not always provide the time to prepare herbs in this way. In order to save time, he prescribes granulated herbal extracts which are easily prepared by adding boiling water to them without compromising on quality and effect. In addition, he also prescribes a range of Chinese herbal pills, tablets and capsules to accommodate those who are challenged by the unique taste of herbal liquid preparations. However, in using our foundational system, FlameTree, George has observed that he does not need to prescribe as many herbs and herbal formulae as he did prior to using FlameTree. We agree, this is an amazing outcome from using FlameTree!
This is a TCM technique used to support the ‘Three Treasures’ and treat specific conditions. Based on your presenting symptoms, very fine needles are inserted into carefully selected acupoints which are found along the various Meridians in the body.
The great TCM practitioners of the past recognised that it is by virtue of the Meridian System that human life exists. They viewed this system as acting as a pathway for the vital substances of life, that is, Qi and Blood, to circulate throughout every part of the human body, in addition to acting as a means of communication between every cell and body systems.
This ancient art is skillfully applied by Dr. George Dellas (DCM, DN) to assist you with various issues ranging from supporting your ‘Three Treasures’ to addressing various pain conditions and certain ‘dis-ease’ states as supported by the World Health Organisation (for more reading go to page 12 of the following PDF file http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2002/9241545437.pdf)
Furthermore, for the treatment of pain conditions, George can offer you electro-acupuncture. This is used to further enhance your body’s own pain relieving chemicals, i.e. endorphins. This method involves passing a low current of electricity through two needles. The comforting sensation generated by this technique effectively reduces pain.
As described earlier, the elegance of using FlameTree as our foundational system is that when your innate identifies that acupuncture is a priority, we have found that most people have an improved response to acupuncture. Furthermore, the founder of FlameTree, Dr. Rhett Ogston (DCM), created a method of stimulating the meridian system without the need for needles! Our needle shy clients love this concept.
Like acupuncture, very fine needles are used; however, they are only inserted into the abdominal area with minimal needle stimulation. This technique is based on the theory that the precise needling of certain areas of the abdomen has direct associations with other body parts and internal organs.
The gentle needling method used for this system has the ability to adjust the Qi and Blood flow within the body’s Meridian System. This in turn has an impact on improving internal organ function thereby supporting the ‘Three Treasures’ in addition to being used for reducing pain.
Dr. George Dellas (DCM, DN) is one of the very few TCM practitioners in Australia to have gained formal training in this technique from Nanjing, China. If this is a priority, your innate, through FlameTree, will bring this to our attention as a technique that we need to use for you.
Unlike acupuncture, a low powered Laser unit is used to stimulate selected acupoints to assist in addressing your presenting complaint. Although not a traditional method of acupoint stimulation, Dr. George Dellas (DCM, DN) offers this method of stimulating as a viable option for those shy of the needle, especially so when indicated by your innate via our foundational system; FlameTree.
Cupping is a TCM technique whereby suction or a drawing action (Ba) is created over an area of the body by using fire (Huo) and special kind of cups or jars (Guan). The term ‘cupping’ appeared during the Jin Dynasty, around 281 AD and has been used traditionally for various conditions, particularly those associated with muscle pain and for the beginnings of a cold.
As suction is generated with cupping, a skin discolouration may occur. This usually lasts 24 hours. However, in some instances, they can last up to one week or more.
Gua Sha, also referred to as ‘scraping technique’ or ‘spooning’, also originated in China during ancient times. Initially, there was no systematic theoretical foundation in applying Gua Sha, however, as TCM developed so to did the application of this ancient technique.
Like cupping, a skin discolouration can occur after applying Gua Sha, however, it is generated through the action of scraping the skin with a special Gua Sha tool. This technique is used to reduce pain in addition to being able to invigorate the circulation within the Meridian System.
Dr. George Dellas (DCM, DN) ensures that you are aware of all the possible outcomes when using either cupping or Gua Sha and his expertise with these techniques goes beyond the clinic to training other therapists in applying these ancient methods within their own clinics.
Chapter 1 of The Yellow Emperor’s Internal Classic clearly states that the ancient Chinese believed that foods are primary needs for all people. It highlights that if one pays sufficient attention to certain laws and methods of CDT, selecting foods according to the body’s needs, then health and energetic vitality will be preserved and life span prolonged.
Dr. George Dellas (DCM, DN) is able to assist you in selecting foods to support your ‘Three Treasures’ thereby improving you health and energetic vitality, which is further individualized through the priority based system of FlameTree. His expertise with CDT is recognised by RMIT University, Melbourne Australia where he was the co-ordinator and lecturer for the subject Chinese Dietary and Exercise Therapy for their Undergraduate program in Chinese Medicine from 2004 until 2010. In 2011, George resigned from this position to undertake a new direction in his career, to lecture in FlameTree: the personal development & healing system (please refer to our Wellness Courses for further information on learning to become a certified FlameTree healer).
The philosophical foundation of naturopathy dates back thousands of years drawing on the healing wisdom of various countries, particularly Greece and the Hippocratic teachings.
Naturopathy is based on a system of medicine that advocates prevention and the use of ‘non-toxic natural therapies’ to address disease states being guided by seven general principles;
First, do no harm
Natural has healing powers
Identify and treat the cause
Treat the whole person
The physician as a teacher
Prevention is better than cure
Establish health and wellness
Each of these seven principles is reflected in the practice of FlameTree, Dr. George Dellas’s (DCM, DN) foundational healing system.
In addition to lifestyle, diet and exercise recommendations, naturopathy uses various therapies to promote health and treat dis-ease states. These include western herbal medicine, clinical nutrition, homotoxicology, Bach flowers, counseling and physical therapies. By using FlameTree, we are able to identify which of these therapies is priority for you. Both George and Gabrielle Besser (our other certified FlameTree healer) use FlameTree to assist you with your healing.
Plants have been used for medicinal purposes since prehistoric times by communities worldwide. This traditional medicinal approach is skillfully applied by George and Gabrielle, applying herbs based on not their pharmacological actions and historical use alone, but when they are identified as priority by your innate, using our foundational healing system, FlameTree.
Our In Focus practitioners/healers echo the famous words of Hippocrates; ‘Let food be my medicine and medicine by my food’. The concept of using foods as medicines is obviously not new. There is growing body of scientific knowledge that supports the use of whole foods, as well as specific nutritional supplementation, in the treatment of specific dis-ease states and maintenance of wellbeing.
For example, humble oat bran and oat-based cereals have been supported by scientific studies to lower cholesterol levels and blood pressure within 5 to 6 weeks (Braun L. & Cohen M. Herbs & Natural Supplements - An evidence-based guide 2nd Ed., 2007, Elsevier, Australia).
By using FlameTree, we can identify what is priority for you thereby incorporating the concepts of clinical nutrition into your healing and wellness program.
Homotoxicology is a modern advancement in the application of classical homeopathy in the field of biological medicine. It is considered that any noxious influence disturbing the dynamic flow balance of health is defined as a ‘toxin’ or ‘homotoxin’ (meaning toxic to humans). ‘Homotoxins’ may be generated from normal metabolic products that have not been eliminated efficiently from the body or the body is exposed to some form of environmental contaminant, infectious agent and so on.
Nonetheless, once the body encounters a ‘homotoxin’, its innate reaction is to try and eliminate it if possible or adapt to this noxious stimulation if elimination cannot be effectively accomplished.
Homotoxicology interprets the signs and symptoms of ‘dis-ease’ states, such as inflammation, as the body’s attempts to eliminate or detoxify ‘homotoxins’ in order to heal itself. The suppression of this process, although brings about temporary relief, actually results in the accumulation of ‘homotoxins’ within the cell matrix and cellular-organ structures. The end consequence of this ‘homotoxin’ accumulation is the development of chronic degenerative disease states. Thus the application of homotoxicology is to support the body’s innate healing processes of eliminating ‘homotoxins’ in order to prevent chronic degenerative disease states.
Being aware of the importance in maintaining efficient cell matrix elimination, Dr. George Dellas (DCM, DN) has the capacity to incorporate this modern use of homeopathy if it is raised as a priority for you by your innate when using our foundational system, FlameTree.
UEFT is a major improvement on EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique), which comes about by the partnership between two great minds, the founder of FlameTree, Dr. Rhett Ogston (DCM) and our Dr. George Dellas (DCM). It made sense that two Doctors of traditional Chinese medicine, unlike the founder of EFT Gary Craig who is not a TCM doctor, were able to make EFT even better than what it is and they did! This makes sense as Gary Craig uses the idea of the Chinese meridian system to explain how EFT works.
We are grateful to Gary Craig who brought EFT to the world, as our doctors of TCM took a leaf out his book and like Gary Craig who developed EFT from TFT (Thought Field Therapy) as developed by psychologist Roger Callahan, they too developed and improved on EFT and established UEFT.
EFT is based on the discovery statement: “The cause of all negative emotion is a disruption in the body’s energy system” (Gary Craig – EFT). UEFT also embraces this concept, however, unlike EFT, UEFT does not advocate taping. However understanding this discovery statement is fundamental to the application of this technique. The process of ‘unblocking’ this energy disruption results in the elimination of all negative emotions.
This idea parallels that of TCM in that it's long been acknowledged in TCM theory that the disruption in the body’s Qi (pronounced Chee) and Blood flow results in disharmony. This disharmony is not only limited to emotional sphere, but also encompasses normal physiological functioning.
Unlike TCM, EFT uses a taping method on specific acupuncture points to assist in improving the energy flow through the Meridian system whilst focusing on the specific negative emotion, in order to restore harmony. However, unlike EFT, UEFT does not use taping, as this could in fact cause an unnecessary negative outcome based on the concept of nodes and antinodes. Therefore, UEFT applies light touch to only 2 acupuncture points, which impacts on the entire meridian system, something that EFT does not do. Apply this when it is priority, as identified through using FlameTree and the outcomes observed by both George and Rhett is much quicker than EFT, and EFT has been known to be quick! We find this amazing.
To learn more about becoming UEFT technician, please go to our Wellness Courses.
This is based on George's 20 plus years of experience in working with various physical therapies such as remedial massage, trigger point therapy, superficial dry needling, acupuncture, Bowen technique, Oriental massage, Tui Na, traditional Chinese massage, relaxation massage, Functional Facial Taping (FFT®), cupping and Gua Sha.
He had developed a unique treatment approach by combining these therapies together, however, with the introduction of FlameTree as his foundational sysetm, his Physical Therapy Integration is now further refined as it now becomes based on what is priority for you, as identified by your innate.
FFT® is a fast and effect way to reduce muscle pain and improve range of motion, offering a drug free alternative to pain modulation. It involves using the concept of ‘digital distraction’ prior to applying tape, by using the ‘gathering’ technique, to a specific body part associated with muscle pain. It’s amazing how instant the analgesic effect can be.
Dr. George Dellas (DCM, DN) is an accredited FFT® practitioner by Ron Alexander, the founder of this innovative technique. George’s dedication to the healing arts gives him another technique that he can offer you, which could be identified as a priority by your innate when using our foundational healing system, FlameTree.