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28/01/2024

RCHM statement on recent media interest in auricular acupressure products.

The Register of Chinese Herbal Medicine (RCHM) notes that there has been a recent popularisation of auricular acupuncture via Dragon's Den where an auricular acupressure seed product gained support and funding on the programme. During the show, certain claims were made relating to the treatment of ME.

This is a complex condition, and requires skilled professional treatment following a detailed medical assessment.

We appreciate the concerns raised by Action for M.E., and agree with them in their recommendation that, when seeking for complementary health care, patients should ‘always use a qualified therapist who belongs to a professional body’.

The use of auricular acupuncture techniques can form part of a Chinese medicine treatment plan from a qualified practitioner. As the treatment of ME is complex, it requires skilled professional treatment from trusted practitioners.

Our members have a minimum degree-level standard of training and adhere to professional codes of practice.

The RCHM therefore recommends that those seeking acupuncture for ME choose practitioners who are members of the Register of Chinese Herbal Medicine or the British Acupuncture Council, the leading voluntary regulating bodies for Chinese Medicine in the UK.

For further information see:

https://rchm.co.uk/chinese-medicine/acupuncture

www.acupuncture.org.uk

We are the British Acupuncture Council (BAcC) - the UK's largest, member-led, professional body for traditional acupuncturists. Find a quality practitioner today.

03/08/2023

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01/08/2023

Hello my lovely friends , here is a little post about use and benefits of acupuncture. 🌈🙏🏽

Acupuncture is a safe, effective, and notably side effect free practice that can help your body stay in a more parasympathetic, homeostasis balance.
From a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)
perspective, the therapy behind acupuncture's ability to treat aliments in the body is based on an energetic model of the human body, similar to your circulatory system. Vital energy or qi flows through the body on pathways called meridians. The human body has more than 2,000 acupuncture points that connect the pathways with an internal organ system that are responsible for overall health. Disruption to the energy flow can cause disease. By appyling acupuncture to these certain points we can improve the flow of Qi, thereby improving health. The needles rebalance the body's energy, or qi, and prompt the body to release natural chemicals to help fight the symptoms.
An ancient proverb states that "where there is free flow there is no pain, where there is pain there is no free flow.
As acupuncturists, we diagnose an individual's unique energetic imbalances and choose specific point combinations to bring the body, mind and spirit back into balance and improve overall wellness.
With all my lovExx 💕

25/07/2023

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20/06/2023

16/11/2019

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19/05/2018

I’ve been trying a different approach to Plantar Fasciatis (Policeman’s Heal) and have had great success with it.

15/05/2018

Thank you to you guys who have written reviews. Dorry I’ve not responded before but I had no idea how to access them! Duh!!

Just found this part of the site again by accident and it’s a real boost to see what you’ve written about my practise and me.

Thank you very much,

30/03/2018

Acupuncture is the best way of alleviating chronic back pain - and it's far better than any conventional treatment

Acupuncture is the best way of alleviating chronic back pain - and it's far better than any conventional treatment.
Twice as many back pain sufferers benefited from acupuncture as those who took a painkiller - and they enjoyed months without pain afterwards.
It's been tested on a group of 1,162 patients who suffered from chronic low back pain for an average of eight years. The group received one of three therapies: acupuncture, which involved 10 sessions, twice a week, sham acupuncture, where the needles were not properly inserted, and conventional therapy, which included drugs, physical therapy and exercise.

After six months, 48 per cent of those in the acupuncture group reported a dramatic reduction in back pain compared with just 20 per cent who were receiving conventional treatments. Interestingly, 44 per cent of those given 'sham' acupuncture' also reported an improvement.

So, ask the researchers, is acupuncture a placebo, 'all in the mind' therapy, or could it be that inserting needles anywhere in the body can block our pain transmitters?

(Source: Archives of Internal Medicine, 2007; 167: 1892-8).