Nourishing Your Body A Chinese Medicine Approach to Healthy Eating Chinese Medicine offers a holistic approach to nutrition that goes far beyond counting calories or macronutrients. It views food as medicinal and focuses on supporting your body’s natural digestive processes and maintaining energetic balance. The Foundation: Understanding Digestion as Energy Creation Chinese medicine sees … Read more
Acupuncture for Peripheral Neuropathy Evidence-Based Treatment Guide Peripheral neuropathy affects millions of people worldwide, often developing as a side effect of medical treatments such as chemotherapy, or as a complication of conditions like diabetes. Research consistently demonstrates that acupuncture can be beneficial, reducing pain and improving quality of life for those experiencing neuropathic symptoms. … Read more
Mental Health Services and Support East Sussex County Council People in crisis and suicide prevention Feeling unable to cope, worried you may hurt yourself or somebody else and/or experiencing suicidal feelings? For immediate help If your life – or someone else’s life – is in immediate danger, please call 999 or go to A&E. For same … Read more
Acupuncture for Aches, Pains & Injuries Acupuncture is commonly used, alongside moxibustion & cupping to treat aches, pain & injuries It provides short-term relief & seeks to address the root cause to help resolve the pain long-term What are aches, pains & injuries? Most aches, pains and injuries are due to a reduction in the … Read more
Acupuncture for Sciatica Acupuncture is one of the best ways to treat sciatic pain It provides short-term pain relief & seeks to address the root cause in the local circulation to help resolve the issue long-term What is sciatica? Sciatica is inflammation of the sciatic nerve due to a reduction in the circulation of blood … Read more
Acupuncture for Headaches and Migraine One common reason people try acupuncture, is to help resolve headaches and migraines Headaches affect up to 80% of the UK’s adult population. Symptoms often have multiple factors that affect them and often begin in childhood. 40% of people with headaches have a history of them in the family. The characteristics … Read more
Acupuncture for Anxiety ‘a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something with an uncertain outcome.’ We all have these feelings from time to time but sometimes, for a variety of reasons, they can become harder to control. Background In recent years we have seen an increase in the number of patients seeking help with … Read more
Acupuncture for Back Pain Acupuncture is commonly used, alongside moxibustion & cupping, to treat back pain It provides short-term relief & seeks to address the root cause to help resolve the pain long-term What is back pain? Most back pain is due to a reduction in the circulation of blood & fluid in the area, … Read more
Jing 精 According to Chinese medicine an important aspect of your health is regulated and maintained by your jing 精. It must be said, at the outset, that Chinese medicine often doesn’t translate easily into English. We don’t have the concepts, so we don’t have the equivalent words. As a result, translations often use words … Read more
The Heart of ART When using acupuncture alongside Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART), accurate diagnosis and appropriate treatment are always of utmost importance but, for me, the technology, and how acupuncture can help, is only one part of the story. As part of my work as an acupuncturist, I worked for 7 years in a fertility … Read more
