What is acupuncture?
Acupuncture is a system of healing in Chinese Medicine that has been practiced for over 2,500 years
According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, good health is dependent on Qi or vital energy moving through the body along lines called meridians. An indication that Qi is out of balance or blocked is shown by symptoms of pain, illness or other physical and emotional signs.
Acupuncture is a holistic therapy that focuses on the whole person, aiming to stimulate the body’s own ability to heal and therefore restore balance physically and mentally.
Acupuncture involves inserting fine needles into the skin at specific points on the meridians and at specific depths. The use of needles on the meridians is to connect with the body’s Qi and direct the flow of energy to trigger the body’s own healing response.
Understanding more about Traditional Acupuncture
What can acupuncture treat?
Since March 2011, all British Acupuncture Council (BAcC) members are obliged to follow strict advertising guidelines from the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). This restricts the mention of treatment for specific medical conditions by the use of Acupuncture.
Research Fact sheets have been produced by The British Acupuncture Council in order to provide accurate and unbiased information for a variety of conditions. They provide summaries of research and how acupuncture may be beneficial.
Visit www.acupuncture.org.uk for this information.
- Anxiety
- Bell Palsy
- Chronic Stress
- Digestive (for example, IBS, Crohn’s disease, acid reflux, bloating, nausea, haemorrhoids)
- Fertility
- Insomnia
- Menstrual / Gynaecological
- Musculoskeletal pain and recovery (for example, back pain, frozen shoulder, neck pain, facial pain)
- Osteoarthritis
- Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome
- Pregnancy
Adjunctive Therapies
In clinic, in Ruddington, Nottingham I offer adjunctive therapies dependant on your need and personalised treatment plan. These include:
- Moxibustion – A warming treatment through the use of a fortified herb “mugwort” which helps the body move energy. It is good for circulation, cold and pain as well as digestive and gynaecological conditions. A course of moxibustion can be used to encourage breech babies to turn.
- Cupping and Guasha – These are used to stimulate blood flow and Qi circulation to an area which has pain or stiffness.
- Dietary & Lifestyle support – Lifestyle advice is available which includes nutrition, supplements, exercise, sleep “hygiene” and stress management to support you in restoring balance and staying well.
- Fertility Bloods, Scans & Semen Analysis results – I offer a service to review fertility bloods, scans and semen analysis results to help you understand these in more depth.
- EFT/Tapping – EFT tapping (Emotional Freedom Techniques) is a self-help method combining acupressure and cognitive therapy, where you gently tap on specific meridian points on your face and body while focusing on a negative emotion or issue, verbalizing phrases to address it. This process is believed to calm the nervous system, reduce stress hormones (like cortisol), and help process emotional distress, anxiety, trauma, or pain by creating a positive association with difficult feelings
- Infrared Heat Therapy – An infrared heat lamp is an electrical device emitting infrared radiation (heat) used for warmth, pain relief (muscle/joint pain), improving circulation, speeding healing, by penetrating skin to reach tissues. IT is used to treat musculoskeletal issues and is beneficial for stubborn chronic pain, muscular tension and inflammation.