Chinese Acupuncture Treatment
Acupuncture treatment has been practiced in China and the Far East for thousands of years as an integral part of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Acupuncture is a safe and effective system of healing and can be used to treat people of all ages with a wide range of illnesses.
According to Chinese philosophy, our physical health is dependant on the balanced flow of qi, the universal life force. The smooth flow of qi can be disturbed by a number of factors, amongst them emotional stress, anger, fear or grief, hereditary dispositions or outside influences such as poor nutrition, infection or trauma.
Avicenna's Acupuncture practitioners
Liz Evans
Liz specialises in the treatment of pain related conditions with acupuncture and is a member of the British Acupuncture Council. By combining acupuncture with its related therapies such as cupping, heat or massage, patients receive effective and frequently immediate pain reduction.
Liz specializes in: Acupuncture for conditions causing pain and discomfort. She provides reduced cost treatment for a number of conditions including pain in the Community, Pain Clinic.
Qin Li
Qin Li graduated from the Cheng Du College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 1983.
Qin Li specializes in: gynaecology, menopause and fertility as well as anxiety, depression and stress-related disorders.
Dr Peter Helps
Peter studied acupuncture at The London School of Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine, completing his training in Nanjing in 1992.
Peter specializes in: pregnancy-related disorders, women and children’s ailments, psycho-emotional disorders and palliative care.
Andrew Flower
Andrew graduated in 1992 in herbal medicine and acupuncture and undertook further clinical training in Taiwan and China.
Andrew specializes in: supportive treatment for people living with cancer, mental health problems, gynaecological disorders and pain management.
Christina Goldoni
Christina has studied Chinese medicine all over the world, and is a member of the British Acupuncture Council.
Christina specializes in: Fertility, supporting assisted conception, use of Chinese medicine to treat women during pregnancy, during labour and for post-natal care.
Since prehistoric times, the Chinese people have evolved a complex theoretical framework based on practical clinical experience to guide a trained acupuncturist to restore these imbalances by the insertion of very fine needles into energy-channels called meridians. In this way an acupuncturist aims to stimulate the body's own healing power and restore the innate equilibrium and harmonious state of balance of the physical and emotional aspects that constitute health and wellbeing.
Acupuncture treatment can be received in two ways:
- In a one-to-one treatment.
- At a reduced cost at our Community Pain Clinic .
Acupuncture treatment is able to benefit a wide range of disorders including the following conditions:
- Painful and musculo-skeletal disorders including back pain, sciatica, frozen shoulder, tennis elbow, osteo-arthritis, sprains and injuries to soft tissue and their after effects etc.
- Neurological disorders including headache & migraine, tinnitus, after effects of stroke, facial paralysis (bells palsy)
- Menstrual, gynaecological and obstetric disorders including premenstrual syndrome (PMT), painful periods, morning sickness, malposition of the foetus, delayed labour, insufficiency of breast milk
- Male and female infertility
- Anxiety states, panic, depression and insomnia
- Digestive disorders such as irritable bowel syndrome, indigestion, haemorrhoids, and obesity
- Urinary tract diseases such as recurrent cystitis and urethritis
- Circulatory diseases such as Raynauds disease, intermittent claudication, and recurrent cramping
- Addiction disorders including tobacco, drug and alcohol addiction
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