Dr M’Lanie McDonnell

Dr M’Lanie McDonnell

Chinese Medicine Practitioner & Acupuncturist

Bachelor of Health Science (Chinese Medicine) RMIT

Certificate in Cosmetic Acupuncture

Clinical internship RMIT (Chinese Medicine), Nanjing, China

Dr Mlanie has a double degree in Chinese Medicine and Health Sciences, and is an AHPRA registered Acupuncturist and Herbalist. Completing her internship at the Nanjing Jiangsu Province Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Dr Mlanie has eight years experience practicing all over the world including Europe, the Americas and Pacific regions. She is trained in, and practices Traditional Chinese Acupuncture, Cosmetic Acupuncture, Zhu Scalp Acupuncture, and Herbal Medicine.

Dr Mlanie has a passion for incorporating this ancient medicine of balance and harmony with modern medicine. She enjoys empowering each person’s innate self-healing abilities through individualized Chinese Medicine treatments which may include techniques like Acupuncture, Herbal Medicine, Cupping, Gua Sha, exercise and dietary therapy. She believes in the importance of restoring the balance of physical, emotional and spiritual health of each patient. 

As our resident Cosmetic Acupuncturist, Dr Mlanie treats all skin concerns from fine lines and wrinkles to acne, rosacea, eczema and other dermatological conditions. She places a strong emphasis on gut health and integrative medicine to treat skin concerns and help you glow from the inside out. As an eczema sufferer herself, Dr Mlanie loves to keep on top of the latest research to ensure evidence based practice to her patients. 

Dr Mlanie is also passionate about Mental Health, treating Stress and Anxiety disorders, Insomnia and Fatigue by addressing the Gut-Brain Axis, and the connection between Mind and Body, Emotions and Illness. Through her treatments, she achieves results working with patients to make small but significant lifestyle and dietary adjustments to complement treatment where necessary.

Along with Traditional Chinese Medicine methods of local and distal acupuncture, E-stim, and cupping, Dr Mlanie has the additional qualification of Zhu scalp acupuncture to treat all kinds of neuropathies, chronic and acute pain, as well as providing pain management strategies through lifestyle and dietary adjustments.