Pure Gain Acupuncture

02/09/2025

03/04/2025

Thanks Tassie colleagues!

Can I do acupuncture during pregnancy?

Yes, you can. Acupuncture when performed by a qualified practitioner can be helpful during pregnancy.
It is commonly used to support well-being during pregnancy, including managing nausea, fatigue, and discomfort.

Always consult with a registered acupuncturist to see what’s best for your individual needs. 💛

📍 Book your appointment today!

13/03/2023

Qi cultivating practices are powerful tools, especially when energy is constantly being depleted. ​​​​​​​​
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Learning to develop your qi helps: ​​​​​​​​
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✨ Improve mental and physical awareness​​​​​​​​
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✨ Prevent illness​​​​​​​​
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✨ Promote longevity​​​​​​​​
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Qi is life energy that continuously circulates throughout our bodies.​​​​​​​​
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Traditional Chinese medicine focuses on harmonizing qi.​​​​​​​​
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There are plenty of ways to develop your Qi without needing to receive treatment. These are just a few. 💫​​​​​​​​
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Have you tried any of these practices? Let me know which is your favorite in the comments and share this post with someone who is trying to heal. 💛

05/11/2022

Look at your 😝

✨We always look at your tongue✨Its an internal organ that is visible✨It helps us to see what’s going on and who’s doing what inside your body✨It still fascinates me✨

01/11/2022

The mechanisms underlying how acupuncture relieves pain have been extensively researched for over 60 years.
Read the full evidence summary: 🔗 https://www.evidencebasedacupuncture.org/acupuncture-scientific-evidence/

Sensory nerve pathways involving specialized nerve fibers (Aδ, Aβ and C, to be precise) and descending nervous system pathways have been mapped.
Numerous biochemicals have been identified including opioid and non-opioid neuropeptides, and neurotransmitters such as serotonin, norepinephrine, dopamine, cytokines, glutamate, nitric oxide, and gamma-amino-butyric-acid (GABA).

Acupuncture analgesia has been shown to involve several classes of naturally produced opioid neuropeptides including enkephalins, endorphins, dynorphins, endomorphins, and nociceptin (also known as Orphanin FQ). Among the non-opioid neuropeptides, substance P (SP), vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), which plays a central role in the pathogenesis of migraine, have been investigated for their roles in both the analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects of acupuncture.

Acupuncture has been demonstrated to directly initiate a process called purinergic signaling, a primitive and ubiquitous system in the body using adenosine and ATP for signaling and regulation in all tissues and organ systems. It is now understood that all nerve transmission requires ATP as a co-factor and the that the body uses purine levels as a primary background signal of both healthy function and tissue damage.

Purinergic signaling has been demonstrated to play a central role in such diverse clinical areas as migraines and headaches, immune dysfunction and inflammation, cancer, autism, Alzheimer’s, cardiovascular disease, endrocrine function, embryological development, and gastrointestinal disorders.

In addition to biochemical actions, studies also demonstrate direct effects of acupuncture on the central nervous system.

Additionally, modulates parasympathetic activity, the branch of the nervous system associated with rest, relaxation, digestion and tissue healing.

23/10/2022

Shout out to Acupuncture Whitsundays for this infographic. Thank you

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