About Acupuncture

Acupuncture is an ancient Chinese healing practice originating thousands of years ago. It helps people to recover from all sorts of illnesses, physical, psychological, spiritual and emotional – working in an holistic way by treating a person as a whole; body, mind, spirit and emotions. By inserting fine, sterile needles into specific points along any combination of the 14 meridians or channels a person’s Qi (energy) becomes balanced therefore restoring a person’s health. Acupuncture works for everyone regardless of age or illness. It treats the person with the illness and not simply the illness. The theory behind it all is to treat the cause and not just the symptoms and therefore long-lasting health improvements can be made. There are many styles or methods of Acupuncture. The ones I am trained in are Traditional Chinese Medicine and The 5 Element Theory.

TCM – Traditional Chinese Medicine

Traditional Chinese Medicine is the Yin/Yang theory. It is a basic theory that women are Yin and men are Yang, that night is Yin and day is Yang, black is Yin and white is Yang, the shady side of the hill is Yin and the sunny side of the hill is Yang and so becomes more complicated to apply during an Acupuncture treatment. Yin can be deficient or in excess as can Yang – we can notice symptoms of cold and heat with many imbalances we get. For example during the menopause women can become Yin Xu (deficient) and therefore the treatment is to restore Yin within the body.

5 Element Acupuncture

The 5 Element theory works on the basis that we all experience the 5 main emotions; Anger, Joy, Sympathy, Grief/Respect and Fear. Emotions are an important and relevant part to us all, we all experience them and are meant to, however, if an emotion is too strong, weak or prolonged we can become unwell. Chinese medicine has an understanding in the importance of having balanced and healthy emotions which can help to relieve suffering in the body, mind, and spirit. This method of Acupuncture aims to treat any emotions a person is struggling with that might have been a contributory factor of a person’s ill-health.

Prices

Acupuncture Initial Treatment – 1 hour 30 mins – £70

Acupuncture Follow-up – 45 mins – £60

Concessions – £45

Concessions refers to anyone under the age of 18 or over the age of 65