Headache and migraine are very common health problems. According to the World Health Organisation 80% of women suffer from headache or migraine on a regular basis, and around two-thirds of men do too. For chronic cases, both tension headaches and migraine headaches can be treated by acupuncture successfully.
The headaches come about for various reasons. High blood pressure, flu, cold, cervical vertebral problem, stress, tiredness, menstruation tension and insomnia etc. can all give us headaches.
Traditional Chinese Medicine believes that the head is the centre of the spirit. It gathers all the Yang energy from our body meridian lines. Yang energy nourishes the brain. A healthy brain relies on a balanced …continue reading Acupuncture treats headaches and migraine headaches
Like western porridge, Chinese congee has its function as an everyday meal. Besides, congee is considered as food therapy for the unwell, including babies, ladies after giving birth, older people and people with digestive problems. …continue reading Food therapy: Chinese Congee for unwell for daily energy
In the last couple of years, threading has become very popular as a hair removal technique, especially for those people who have very sensitive skin: for example, eyebrow shaping by threading not waxing.
Eyebrow threading, upper lip threading, chin threading, cheek threading, facial threading etc. are now the most highly demanded treatments for hair removal.
Threading, which is now making a comeback, was vital in ancient societies …continue reading London threading, eyebrow, facial hair, popular for hair removal
Overweight? How to lose weight? Have you gone on a reduced calorie diet, but your weight is still higher than the average weight for your stature. Which effective weight losing treatments or solutions are there out there?
How can acupuncture help achieve weight loss?
Many studies and practical cases have proven that acupuncture can help overweight or obese patients reduce extra fat and tighten their body shapes whilst improving their general condition and health.
This is done by stimulating points on the body which are:
- Breaking down the fatty tissue and improving metabolic processing;
…continue reading Why acupuncture treatment can help with weight loss
Crow’s feet wrinkles (eye wrinkles), forehead wrinkles, wrinkles around lip and mouth, wrinkles, wrinkles… as we all know, wrinkles are inevitable for ageing skin, especially after middle age, when signs of our body organs ageing become noticeable. As the biggest organ of our body, our skin ages along with the rest. Can we protect our skin from ageing; can we prolong our youthful skin quality? Before answering this, let’s look at the reasons for skin ageing.
According to ancient Chinese medical books, it is believed most women’s Yang energy starts to become weak, and skin starts getting dull and suffers lack of nutrition after age 35. Most women’s Yang energy drops sharply and skin tone noticeably worsens after age 42.
In our 40s, the collagen and elastin in our skin begins to break down. Our skin becomes dryer, the blood flow begins to slow down and new cell production decreases. …continue reading Facial acupuncture rejuvenation: anti-ageing, reduce skin wrinkles
Thanks to my wonderful client Ms McLennan for sending me this useful link from TIMESONLINE today regarding acupuncture for chronic back pain. Here is the whole article…
Using acupuncture to treat chronic back pain is more effective than standard treatments alone, a leading scientific study has found.
Trials involving 638 back pain sufferers have suggested that acupuncture is successful in relieving discomfort, although how it works remains unclear. A “fake” version also produced results, indicating that belief in the therapy may have played a key role in its success. …continue reading Acupuncture treatment helps chronic back pain–Timesonline
Acupuncture is a very effective way to fight acne and with no side effects to worry about. Many of our clients have experienced extremely positive results after this treatment. During acupuncture therapy, you are also required to undergo certain nutritional and lifestyle changes to obtain the best results.
Acne is a very common problem of the pilosebaceous glands. Milder cases perhaps only require external treatments such as a deep cleansing facial. But some more severe cases may require internal and external treatments, otherwise the acne can leave permanent scars when it recedes.
Acupuncture treats acne with no negative side effects.
The cause of acne: …continue reading Facial acupuncture treatment for Acne skin
In many skin disorders, such as psoriasis, eczema, neurodermatitis and acne, acupuncture is very effective. Traditional Chinese Medicine believes that the skin is related to the internal body organs, especially the lung and the large intestine and stomach. Both “repletion” and “vacuity” conditions on those channels, can be treated by acupuncture treatment.
There are a few patterns of acne type which need to be diagnosed before acupuncture treatment - these can be told by a visual inspection of the lesions themselves. …continue reading Facial skin care: acne spots type for the best acne treatment
In Chisense Clinic, traditional Chinese acupuncture technique is the main method to treat clients who are suffering from menopause symptoms, which has seen as a efficient alternative treatment comparing with conventional medicine approach HRT.
Menopause treated by Acupuncture
The principle of TCM acupuncture for menopause treatment, is to improve energy flow and blood circulation throughout the body internally, nourishing the kidney essence deficiency, relaxing anxiety, warming the Kidney Yang, invigorating the spleen, soothing the heart, calming down excessive heat in the liver.
There are 3 main types of menopause which can be treated by acupuncture efficiently with traditional Chinese medicine. …continue reading Chinese Acupuncture for Menopause
In Traditional Chinese Medicine, pain indicates a blockage or stagnation of the flow of blood, fluids or Chi (energy). “No Blockage, No Pain; No Pain, No Blockage”
London is a very stressful and stressed city. We have all suffered from back pain at one time or another in our life time. Acupuncture, Chinese Tuina massage, cupping detox seem to be growing rapidly in popularity in recent years. Especially in the City of London area, treatments for back pain, shoulder pain, lower back aches, headaches, and neck pain all those aches, soreness, pain, are in very high demand. Yoga, Taiji, swimming, gymnasium exercise is also very popular. There are so many reasons for back pain. We talk about back pain here in a angle of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). So
What are the main reasons for back pain, neck pain, and lower back pain?
…continue reading Back pain & lower back pain with Acupuncture, Tuina, Cupping & Guasha
