TCM & Accupuncture

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Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture are some of the oldest and best-established medical practices available today. Chinese Herbal medicine employs an extensive arsenal of predominantly plant pharmaceuticals, to treat a great variety of disorders and diseases. Diagnosis plays a central role in Chinese Medicine. The aim is to draw a full picture of the patient’s health condition by carefully investigating all symptoms; past medical and family history; lifestyle and diet; behaviour of all the different systems in the body; sleep patterns and emotional states, as well as objective findings in patient's pulse, tongue and face. Diagnosis and treatment are unique to each patient's individual clinical circumstances.

Acupuncture makes use of the fascial and nervous system interconnections - energy channels or meridians, which link all the body tissues in an organic whole. The acupuncture points are the most active areas of the meridians, which regulate the functional state of the nearby structures. By inserting needles in the acupuncture points and stimulating them in a specific way, acupuncture regulates the activity of the body area local to where the needles are inserted, or changes the way the entire body system works. The effect of acupuncture is felt immediately, so as a treatment, it can be extremely beneficial for conditions with acute symptoms of pain, tension, fever, coughing, indigestion, exhaustion and others. In the long term, acupuncture can be used to gently build up general health and prevent serious diseases developing.