Based in Perth, serving worldwide.
Ruby Sapphire is a registered Chinese Medicine Practitioner and Acupuncturist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and the Chinese Medicine Board of Australia (CMBA), and a professional member of the Australian Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Association (AACMA).
She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Health Science (Acupuncture therapies) and completed her clinical training at Endeavour College of Natural Health in Australia. In addition to her practice in Chinese Medicine, Ruby is pursuing further studies in Human Science and Neuroscience at the University of Western Australia (UWA), with a vision to bridge Chinese and Western medicine for integrated, holistic care.
She has a particular interest in digestive health, stress-related conditions, sleep regulation, pain management, and cosmetic acupuncture, and is dedicated to supporting patients with a diverse range of symptoms, especially those related to chronic and complex health conditions.
To Ruby, healing is more than treatment—it’s a journey of restoring alignment between the mind, body, and spirit. She walks alongside her patients, helping them uncover the deeper root causes of disharmony and return to wholeness.
Ruby’s Story
From the age of five, Ruby experienced significant and ongoing challenges affecting both her body and mind. Childhood asthma, depression, dissociation and depersonalisation, amnesia, and CPTSD shaped her early years. Cold hands and feet, tendinitis, sleep difficulties, vivid dreams, lucid dreams and nightmares were constant companions.
Hypervigilance kept her mind in a constant state of observation and analysis. Even eight hours of sleep often felt like only a few minutes, leaving her exhausted and on edge. Paradoxically, this relentless observation also sharpened her analytical mind, developing into a unique skill for understanding complex patterns and look beneath what was immediately visible.
By adulthood, her health challenges increased: migraines, difficulty concentrating and periods of hyperactivity, digestive issues such as severe reflux, nausea, bloating, constipation, stomach ulcers, and malnutrition. Fatigue was overwhelming at times, some days she slept 17 hours. Her immune system struggled, with twitching muscles, numb legs, and dry eyes that made even simple movements difficult.
In her search for solutions, she explored many approaches, including dietary changes, different ways of eating, supplements, and therapies - always learning and experimenting to understand what truly supports health. Each offered some relief, yet full wellness remained elusive.
A life-changing near-death experience (NDE) became a turning point, giving her a deeper understanding of health, healing, and purpose. She realised that true healing needed to go deeper than simply treating symptoms. This insight inspired her to pursue a more holistic path, both for herself and for others
While her journey began in hardship, learning to navigate life largely on her own, that resilience became her strength. It laid the foundation for a life of empathy, awareness, and the determination to heal. These challenges are part of her story, connecting her to the universal human experience of pain, endurance, and the search for balance.
Her health journey ultimately led her to study the body, mind, and spirit as a whole, dedicating her work to guiding others out of the same maze she once wandered, helping them find solutions that address the root of their health and wellbeing.