Health Tree Acupuncture

27/01/2026

🔥 Are you noticing these subtle signs your metabolism might be struggling? 🔥

Your metabolism does so much more than manage weight — it’s the engine behind how your body balances energy, blood sugar, hormones, and more. Sometimes it sends signals long before a full-blown issue shows up in blood tests. 👀

In our latest blog we explore 4 possible signs of struggling metabolic health — and what you can do about them:

✨ Persistent fatigue even after rest
✨ Feeling thirsty or needing to p*e more than
usual
✨ Difficulty losing weight despite efforts
✨ Changes in skin texture or pigmentation

None of these automatically mean something is “wrong,” but they are worth paying attention to. Early awareness can help you make small tweaks that support long-term wellbeing — from diet and movement to stress and sleep.

👉 Read the full blog by following the link in bio to learn more and empower your health journey.

Let’s tune into our bodies and give them the support they deserve!

27/01/2026

Is your metabolic health struggling?

Your metabolism plays an important role in how your body manages energy, blood sugar, fats, and hormones. When metabolic health is struggling, the body often gives early signals.

Your metabolism plays an important role in how your body manages energy, blood sugar, fats, and hormones. When metabolic health is under strain, the body often gives early signals. In many cases, simple, sustainable changes to diet, physical activity, sleep, and stress levels can significantly impro...

18/01/2026

Health Tree Acupuncture is proud to be part of the Wellbeing Sessions project, an initiative by St Margaret's House, a National Portfolio Organisation supported by Arts Council England.

Based in Bethnal Green, we share their commitment to fostering positive social change and building healthier, happier communities. As a trusted partner of St Margaret's House, we aim to provide gentle, ethical, and affordable acupuncture treatments for the local community and beyond. We specialise in evidence-based acupuncture to help manage a wide range of health concerns, including:

🔸Chronic pain relief (back pain, arthritis, muscle tension)

🔸Stress-related conditions (anxiety, insomnia, fatigue)

🔸Migraine and headache management

🔸Women's health and fertility support

🔸Digestive issues and overall well-being

At Health Tree Acupuncture, everyone is welcome. We are committed to providing a safe, inclusive, and respectful environment where people of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences can access holistic healthcare without barriers. Whether you're new to acupuncture or a returning patient, we are here to support you on your well-being journey. Our low-cost acupuncture treatments make holistic healthcare accessible, offering an effective and natural well-being approach.

£30 Employed

£25 Student

£20 Concession

12/01/2026

New Year, New Balance: Set health goals that support your body—not fight it.
Discover how Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) favours balance, consistency, and living with the seasons to build lasting wellness.
Read our short guide and start your year with gentle, sustainable changes. Follow the link in our bio above.☝️

11/01/2026

New Year, New Balance 🌿
Start 2026 with health goals that honor your body — not force it. In our latest blog, learn how Traditional Chinese Medicine focuses on balance, consistency, and aligning with nature to create lasting change. Read practical tips from Health Tree Acupuncture to set sustainable, nourishing goals this year.

Read more: https://wix.to/kn6h1Eu

The New Year often brings a surge of motivation. We set ambitious health goals, promise ourselves we’ll do better, and push hard for change. From a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) perspective, however, true and lasting health doesn’t come from force—it comes from balance, consistency, and l...

16/11/2025

Today is World Acupuncture Day, a celebration of one of the world’s oldest healing traditions and the incredible impact it continues to have on health and wellbeing.

At its heart, acupuncture is about balance — supporting the body’s natural ability to heal, regulate, and restore itself.
Whether it’s easing stress, improving sleep, supporting fertility, managing pain, or helping you feel more grounded in daily life, acupuncture offers a gentle, personalised approach to care.

Thank you to everyone who has trusted acupuncture as part of their health journey.
Here’s to a medicine that has supported millions for thousands of years — and continues to make a difference every single day. ✨

13/11/2025

🌿 World Kindness Day 🤍
A reminder that the smallest acts of kindness can shift our whole internal landscape.

In East Asian medicine, kindness isn’t just an idea — it’s nourishment.
It soothes the Heart, grounds the Shen (spirit), and helps the whole body soften out of “fight or flight” and back into balance.

Today, offer yourself a moment of kindness too.

✨ A slower breath
✨ A cup of tea
✨ A kind word to your own body
✨ A pause before rushing into the next thing

Kindness is medicine. For ourselves, for each other, for our wider community.

How will you show kindness today? 💛

10/10/2025

Health Tree Acupuncture supports World Mental Health Day 2025 💚

Today, 10 October, we join the global movement to shine a light on mental health — especially in times of crisis. The theme this year is “Access to Services — Mental Health in Catastrophes and Emergencies.”

We believe that no one should have to struggle alone — not during “normal” times, and certainly not during emergencies.

What this means to us:

When people are displaced, traumatised, or living with uncertainty, emotional wounds may last long after the physical ones heal.

It’s vital to embed mental health support into humanitarian responses, community rebuilding, and long-term care systems.

We’re advocating for better funding, better infrastructure, and more inclusive services so that mental health support is accessible to those who need it most — especially in disrupted contexts.

Take a moment today — check in with yourself, check in with others, share a kind word, or reach out. Together we can build a world where help is within reach — always. 💛

10/10/2025

Health Tree Acupuncture supports World Mental Health Day 2025 💚

Today, 10 October, we join the global movement to shine a light on mental health — especially in times of crisis. The theme this year is “Access to Services — Mental Health in Catastrophes and Emergencies.”
We believe that no one should have to struggle alone — not during “normal” times, and certainly not during emergencies.

What this means to us:

When people are displaced, traumatised, or living with uncertainty, emotional wounds may last long after the physical ones heal.

It’s vital to embed mental health support into humanitarian responses, community rebuilding, and long-term care systems.

We’re advocating for better funding, better infrastructure, and more inclusive services so that mental health support is accessible to those who need it most — especially in disrupted contexts.

Take a moment today — check in with yourself, check in with others, share a kind word, or reach out. Together we can build a world where help is within reach — always. 💛

26/09/2025

Migraines aren’t just “bad headaches” — they can take over your whole day. A new study from Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine has shed light on how acupuncture helps: from calming inflammation to rebalancing the brain.

We’ve broken down the research in clear, patient-friendly language so you can see what’s happening inside the body and brain when you have acupuncture for migraines.

👉 Read the full blog now and discover how acupuncture could support you:

Research from Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine suggests that acupuncture may reduce migraines by calming inflammation, improving brain energy balance, and resetting pain pathways. This study demonstrates that acupuncture is more than a placebo — it produces measurable changes in ...

12/09/2025

✨Acupuncture Point Spotlight: Spleen 6 (Sanyinjiao / Three Yin Intersection) ✨

Spleen 6 is another widely used acupuncture point – and for good reason.

💡 Why it’s important:

Called the “Three Yin Intersection,” this point is where the spleen, liver, and kidney channels meet – making it powerful for treating multiple systems of the body.

🌱 Benefits include:

✅ Supporting digestion & clearing dampness (heaviness, swelling, oedema)

✅ Regulating menstrual & gynaecological conditions

✅ Helping urinary issues (difficulty urinating)

✅ Calming the mind for anxiety & insomnia

✅ Nourishing overall strength and balance

✨ This point has such a broad range of applications that many acupuncturists (myself included) use it in treatment regularly.

📍 How to find it:

🔸Located on the inside of your leg.

🔸Measure four finger-widths above the highest point of your ankle bone.

🔸The point lies just behind the shin bone, in a tender hollow.

💆‍♀️ Self-care tip:

Try gentle acupressure at home
Press the point until you feel a mild tenderness.
Breathe deeply, and hold for 1–2 minutes, repeat a few times.

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11/09/2025

✨ Acupuncture Point Spotlight: Heart 7 (Shenmen / Spirit Gate) ✨

Heart 7 is one of my favourite points to use in clinic for sleep issues and anxiety linked to overthinking. 🌙

💡 Why it matters:
This point is known to:

✅ Calm the mind & spirit

✅ Ease anxiety, agitation, depression & sadness

✅ Support restful sleep & reduce palpitations

✅ Help with arrhythmia & other heart-related imbalances

📍 How to find it:
On the inner wrist crease, in line with the little finger. Feel for a small hollow on the radial side of the wrist bone (pisiform).

💆‍♀️ Try acupressure at home:

🔸Use gentle circular pressure for 2–3 minutes.

🔸Start with the left wrist, then the right.

🔸Take slow, deep breaths as you focus on your heart.

A beautiful point to restore calm and bring yourself back into balance. 💚