Treatment usually includes diet and lifestyle recommendations, but your main treatment involves the stimulation of specific points on your body. From a Chinese Medicine point of view, the body is understood in terms of energy circuits. The circuits, (channels of energy or meridians) are like an energetic map of your body. Along the pathway of these circuits, the energy is constantly changing, creating areas of highly specialised energy that can be used to influence the energy balance of the entire system.
Acupuncture has the following specific actions:
- It initiates neurological, immunological, and endocrine responses
- It removes energy blockages
- Reduces pain and inflammation
- Tonifies and strengthens blood and enhances oxygenation in tissues
- Raises natural endorphin levels
- Enhances mental clarity
- Relaxes muscles and ligaments
A combination of techniques may be used to address your specific needs including Needling (disposable, sterile, single use needles are used), Massage, Reiki, Moxibustion and Cupping. In Acupuncture, the needle (almost hair thin) is tapped in through a guiding tube so you barely feel it going in. At their first treatment, most first timers are pleased to exclaim “that didn’t hurt at all”.
Acupuncture is one of the main practices used in TCM and is still used as a stand-alone system of medicine in many areas of China . Many people think of acupuncture as a physical therapy indicated for musculo-skeletal or pain conditions. However, TCM’s sophisticated understanding of internal conditions means acupuncture can be successfully used as part of treatment for a range of conditions including digestive, emotional , reproductive, respiratory, immune and other health problems.
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