Acupuncture FAQ – Frequently Asked Questions

Acupuncture FAQ – Frequently Asked Questions

We’ve collected here some of the questions we most often hear about acupuncture. Sometimes there is no simple answer and sometimes there is no short answer to a given question. If the question you have is not answered here, or not answered to enough detail, don’t hesitate to contact us if you don’t find an answer below. Who can have acupuncture treatment? There is no limitation in terms of age, sex or condition regarding acupuncture treatment. The very young or extremely old can be treated. All types of conditions can be treated – chronic or acute, severe or mild, mental...

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Course in TCM Dietetics #1:  How to Eat Right

Course in TCM Dietetics #1: How to Eat Right

Gut health has been in the news frequently this year, since the recent research from doctors Braden Kuo and Allan Goldstein at Massachusetts General Hospital, the US, who found that bacteria in the gut can affect mood, cognition and behaviour and lead problems in these areas – and vice versa. In neurobiological terms, the enteric nervous system that regulates our gut is in constant communication with the other major nerve centre, which is our brain. We might, for example, feel anxious or stressed and experience these as abdominal pain, diarrhoea, nausea, or “butterflies’. Or we might eat something that makes...

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