FLEET ACUHERB CLINIC

Acupuncture is an ancient system of healing where stimulating certain areas of the skin affects the functioning of specific organs and tissues. Disease is simply the normal functioning of the body gone awry with the disruption of the smooth flow of energy (Qi) in one or more channels. The cause of this disturbance can be due to one or more factors such as physical injury, emotions, poor diet or overwork. The appropriate stimulation of specific points with ultra-fine needles on these channels effectively regains the balanced flow of this healing energy. Consequently this relieves pain and restores health. In the West, Acupuncture has been misleadingly publicised as being good only for specific conditions for example, pain or weight loss. In fact, due to its power to stimulate our own healing response, it is effective for a wide variety of conditions. This overall therapeutic effect is one of its great strengths.

Areas that Acupuncture can help: Muscles and joints: back pain, knee and hip pain, frozen shoulder, joint pains, arthritis and rheumatism; . Nervous system: anxiety, depression, stress, emotional crisis, general tiredness & insomnia. Also headaches, migraines, neuralgic pain, tinnitus, dizziness and Parkinson’s disease. Digestive system: ulcers, IBS, colitis, constipation, diarrhoea, indigestion and heartburn. Circulatory system: high blood pressure, poor circulation, palpitations. Respiratory system: bronchitis, asthma, sinusitis, hayfever and the common cold. Urinary system: irritable bladder, cystitis and prostate problems.

Reproductive system: PMS, menopausal symptoms, menstrual problems & infertility issues. Immune system: chronic fatigue syndrome, allergies and intolerances. Skin: eczema, psoriasis, urticaria and shingles. Herbal medicine is the use of plants to treat illness and is the oldest form of medicine known. The plants work by rebalancing disturbed body functions, stimulating the body to heal itself, rather than treating symptoms alone.