Traditional acupuncture is a healthcare system based on ancient principles which go back nearly two thousand years. It has a very positive model of good health and function, and looks at pain and illness as signs that the body is out of balance.
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’ (pronounced chee), your body’s vital energy. For a number of lifestyle and environmental reasons, qi can become disturbed, depleted or blocked, which can result in some symptoms of pain or illness. In certain instances, traditional acupuncture can be an effective therapy to help restore balance and promote physical and emotional harmony.
Click here to watch a video that explains traditional acupuncture.
For further information, please visit the British Acupuncture Council's website.
For general information on conditions that acupuncture can help, and for summaries of research on those conditions, click here.
Or click on the conditions below to find out more.
Allergic rhinitis
Asthma
Back pain
Bells palsy
Cancer care
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Childbirth
Chronic fatigue syndrome
Colds and flu
Cystitis
Endometriosis
Female fertility
Fibromyalgia
Frozen shoulder
Gastrointestinal tract disorders
Headache
Herpes
Hypertension
Infertility ART
Insomnia
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
Male infertility
Menopausal symptoms
Migraines
Nausea and vomiting
Neck pain
Neuropathic pain
Obesity
Osteoarthritis
Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS)
Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)
Raynaud's
Sciatica
Sports injuries
Stress
Stroke
Tennis elbow
Tinnitus
Type-2 diabetes
Urinary incontinence
Vertigo