Background information about acupuncture Traditional Acupuncture is a safe and effective system of medicine that originated in China thousands of years ago and still forms an important part of mainstream healthcare there today. In Traditional Acupuncture we view the human body in a holistic way. We focus on the health of the person as aContinue reading “Factsheet: Acupuncture for Anxiety”
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Anxiety and Acupuncture
It’s Mental Health Awareness Week (12-18 May 2014) with the theme of Anxiety, so we’d like to talk about anxiety and how acupuncture can help. What is anxiety? Anxiety is a feeling of fear, worry, and uneasiness. Normal anxiety, stimulated by the sympathetic nervous system, has its root in fear and serves an important survivalContinue reading “Anxiety and Acupuncture”
Acupuncture and Insomnia
Sleep is important, and yet so many of us struggle to get enough. It is thought that as many of 1 in 3 of us experience insomnia, a condition of unsatisfactory sleep, whether that be due to difficulty falling asleep, waking early or through the night, or shallow restless sleep. We need sleep for itsContinue reading “Acupuncture and Insomnia”