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Cold Weather and Catarrh

Posted under Acupuncture, General - Nov 24th, 08 - No Comments

In the summer catarrh does not appear to be as large a problem as it does in winter. However chronic catarrh is a different issue as it can be unbearable all the year round.
Catarrh is a build up of mucus in the airways of a person’s body. The symptoms are a cough, stuffy nose and [...]

Arthritis the Chronic disease

Arthritis is a chronic disease that can affect anyone. The cause as far as western medicine is concerned is unknown. However the Chinese practitioners believe it is a form of stagnation in the blood that they call Qi (vital energy).
The disease can vary for each person and how much it can hurt each individual. Joints [...]

Yin and Yang can help with the Menopause

Posted under Acupuncture, General - Nov 9th, 08 - No Comments

The Yin and Yang our body requires to have balance is not in question or noticeable until a mature woman start to have hot flushes. At first they are not too noticeable and then they start to take over the day and continue a little bit longer and longer until unbearable.
The body’s skin feels sticky, [...]

A practitioner talks about Acupuncture and the Western World of Medicine

Posted under Acupuncture - Oct 1st, 08 - 1 Comment

A lady called Rokeby- Thomas has started to use her skills in acupuncture to help western medical practitioners. She firmly believes that she understands the western medicine ways of healing and western medical practitioners do not understand her way of healing the mind and the body.
The Chinese are well known as the leading practitioners in [...]

Notes on Acupuncture the Chinese art of healing – Part Two

Posted under Acupuncture - Sep 23rd, 08 - No Comments

Using the needles in acupuncture, the practitioner, who will have trained for a number of years, will use his knowledge of the physical body and the pressure points to restore balance in the body, which in the west is known as Qi.
There is Qi in everyone’s immune system and it can either be weak or [...]

Notes on Acupuncture, the Chinese Art of healing – Part One

Posted under Acupuncture - Sep 22nd, 08 - No Comments

Acupuncture has become an established part of the western world, although the history of the healing technique is still a mystery today.
In our world, acupuncture is an alternative therapy but in the lives of the Chinese people it is their medical textbook and has been practised and passed down through the generations of families starting [...]