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Treating the patient not the symptoms

Acupuncture to improve overall health – Evidence, acceptance and strategies Documented mechanisms of acupuncture suggest the possibility of whole body effects in addition to local and regional effects. Traditional theories of acupuncture predict whole body effects. Does this permit the possibility of applying treatment to target overall health improvement of the patient rather than the symptom?…

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Post COVID-19 Treatment

Post COVID-19 Treatment

Ingrid, my patient, approached me on the 21st of March 2020 with symptoms of Covid-19 including aching, cough and fatigue. She also lost her sense of smell and had flu-like symptoms such as raised temperature. I prescribed 4 weeks of herbs and within 11 days she felt much better, with her sense of taste and…

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BBC Documentary The Science of Acupuncture

Kathy Sykes, Professor at Bristol University, begins her journey in China where she sees some incredible demonstrations of acupuncture. The most astonishing is a scene in a Chinese hospital in which doctors perform open heart surgery on a young woman – using a combination of acupuncture and conventional pain relief instead of a general anaesthetic. In China…

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