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As a holistic therapy which treats the person rather than the
disease I have found successful results for a wide range of
physical and emotional conditions, often as an adjunct to conventional
therapies.
Examples of conditions for which acupuncture can be used include:
- Allergic rhinitis (including hay fever)
- Depression
- Dysmenorrhoea (period pain)
- Facial pain (including craniomandibular disorders)
- Headache and migraine
- Hypertension (high blood pressure)
- Insomnia and sleep problems
- Knee pain
- Low back pain
- Morning sickness
- Nausea and vomiting
- Neck pain relief
- Periarthritis of shoulder
- Postoperative pain
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Sciatica
- Side effects of radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy including
xerostomia (dry mouth)
- Sprain
- Tennis elbow treatment
Acupuncture and fertility
- Post-pill amenorrhoea
- Support during embryo transfer
- Morning sickness during pregnancy
- Baby in breech position
What to expect during treatment
You will be asked about your current medical symptoms, medical
history, diet and digestive system, sleeping patterns and emotional
state as well as any treatment you have received so far. Your
pulses will be taken and your tongue examined.
I will be looking to discern from this detailed questioning
and observation, a pattern of disharmony and will then select
an appropriate combination of points to needle. Fine, sterile,
disposable needles are used and the process should be almost
painless. The most common feeling is a slight pinprick and some
dullness around the area needled.
Some techniques I may use alongside acupuncture are:
- Cupping therapy
- Electro acupuncture
- Guasha
- Moxibustion
- Ear (auricular) acupuncture
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