WHAT IS ACUPUNCTURE?

Acupuncture is the gentle insertion of hair fine needles into specific points on a person’s body. This is done in order to remedy health problems.

 

Acupuncture can be used for a wide range of physical and emotional ailments. From aches and pains, headaches, insomnia, to feelings of anxiety, depression, grief or shock, or support with IVF and fertility issues or menstrual conditions.

 

How does it work? 

Ailments or problems are seen as disruption occurring to the functioning of a person's system. Inserting fine needles at specific places is done to have specific effects on this functioning, according to the issue someone may come with.


Resolving the symptoms, or supporting the individual?

Problems will often occur because we are trying to compensate or adapt to internal or external situations. So we seek, through careful observation, to understand why someone may be feeling a certain way, or experiencing a certain sensation, or functioning in a way that feels and appears problematic. This is done with the recognition that we are an aspect of the environment that we live in, and subsequently we respond to it's effects. 
 

So, treatments are about supporting the body’s own natural well-being. Therefore any problem that someone comes with is seen in the context of that person. There is an often quoted saying in Chinese Medicine that says "there can be many different conditions, each with the same root cause, whilst equally, there can be a single condition, with many different possible causes". 

The emphasis is therefore on treating the person, with any illness, imbalance or blockage being seen within the context of that person. This is different to viewing and treating a problem as if it were somehow a separate entity from the person, with a mind of its own !