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Acupuncture is part of a system of medicine that has been practised in China for over 3000 years. The practise of acupuncture is thought to have begun with the discovery that stimulating specific areas on the skin affects the function of certain organs in the body.

Traditional Chinese Acupuncture is based on the balanced function of the body’s motivating energy or Qi. Qi flows throughout the body in channels called meridians. The acupuncture points lie along these meridians. There are over 600 acupuncture points on the main meridians and many extra points including ear points.

An acupuncturist uses very fine sterile disposable needles that are made of stainless steel, which pierce the skin to stimulate the acupuncture point and the body’s Qi. This in turn brings about a movement in the energy, harmonising the balance and restoring health.

Western and Chinese Medicine are fundamentally different, in that Western Medicine will only look at the symptom as an isolated item, in Chinese Medicine the person will be looked at as a whole so taking into account life-style, physical and emotional traits in order to build up a picture of disharmony, which is taking place in the patient. Health is a state of emotional, spiritual and physical balance.