Health & Wellbeing
Acupuncture and moxibustion were orignally conceived as a means of health maintenance to “prevent illness before it shows its symptom”. This stage is called “Mi Byo” in Japanese which means “before illness”.
These days they are used mainly to achieve some form of relief or to heal existing discomfort or pain. Obviously, the ancient people had a very clear concept of the stage of illness which comes before any symptoms appear, and they believed it most benefitial to treat illnesses at this stage rather than wait for it to develop.
Preventative Care
With so much focus on preventable illness, it’s natural and sensible to want to enhance or maintain current levels of good health.
For many clients, acupuncture has an important role in their lives as part of their ‘wellbeing’ programme to “prevent illness before it shows its symptom”, receiving treatment weekly, monthly or as and when they feel the need.
Acute & Chronic Conditions
Clients may also be concerned about specific acute or chronic conditions, especially those in which western medicine has had mixed success in treating.
The medical report, Acupuncture: Review and Analysis of Reports on Controlled Clinical Trials, by the WHO (World Health Organisation) lists the following symptoms, diseases and conditionso be treated effectively by acupuncture:
• low back pain
• neck pain
• sciatica
• tennis elbow
• knee pain
• periarthritis of the shoulder
• sprains
• facial pain (including craniomandibular disorders)
• headaches and migraines
• dental pain
• tempromandibular (TMJ) dysfunction
• rheumatoid arthritis
• induction of labor
• correction of malposition of fetus (breech presentation)
• morning sickness
• nausea and vomiting
• postoperative pain
• stroke
• essential hypertension
• primary hypotension
• adverse reactions to radiation or chemotherapy
• allergic rhinitis, including hay fever
• depression
• insomnia
• primary dysmenorrhea
• peptic ulcer
• acute and chronic gastritis
• degenerative eye disease
• retinitis pigmentosa