Acupuncture originated in China, where it still features in mainstream healthcare, both as a stand-alone therapy & in combination with conventional western medicine.​

 

Acupuncture is now widely used & accepted all over the world. In the UK more & more people are finding out what acupuncture can do for them.​

 

Acupuncture works to help maintain your body’s equilibrium. It involves the insertion of very fine needles into specific points on the body to regulate the flow of ‘qi’, your body’s vital energy. For a number of lifestyle & environmental reasons, qi can become disturbed, depleted or blocked, which can result in some symptoms of pain & illness or disease. In certain instances, traditional acupuncture can be an effective therapy to help restore balance & promote physical & emotional wellbeing. This approach also means that each patient’s treatment plan will be different.​

 

An increasing weight of evidence from western scientific research is demonstrating the effectiveness of acupuncture for helping a wide variety of conditions. From a biomedical viewpoint, acupuncture is believed to stimulate the nervous system, influencing the production of the body's communication substances - hormones & neurotransmitters. The resulting biochemical changes activate the body's self-regulating homeostatic systems, stimulating its natural healing abilities & promoting physical & emotional wellbeing.​

 

Treatment is aimed at the root cause of your condition as well as your main symptoms. This approach helps with resolving your problem & enhancing your feeling of wellbeing. You may notice other niggling problems resolve as your main health complaint improves.​

 

Members of the British Acupuncture Council (BAcC) practice acupuncture based on Chinese medicine principles that have been developed, researched and refined for over 2,000 years. The BAcC currently registers over 3,000 qualified practitioners.