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Traditional acupuncture treats illnesses as an imbalance of the body’s energy or Qi. It therefore can help treat many different problems. Many people have acupuncture as a preventative treatment or because they feel below par but are not ‘ill’ in the Western medicine sense.

Nausea

Vomiting

Tension Type Headaches

Dental Pain

Osteoarthritis of the Knee.

If used as an adjunct to other treatment.

In 2009 The National Institute for Clinical Excellence recommended that acupuncture should be made available on the NHS, as a cost-effective short-term treatment for the management of early, persistent non-specific lower back pain.

Recent new advertising guidelines issued by The British Acupuncture Council to comply with recently amended guidelines published by the Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) caused something of a storm. Attention focused on the fact that the CAP rules, which are enforced by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) have become draconian to the point where only five conditions meet the current criteria for use in advertising acupuncture. In the Far East where acupuncture originates from, and has been practised in over 5000 years, the scope of acupuncture practise is far greater.

The five conditions are:

Please refer to the British Acupuncture Council for further information

For recent research on the positive effect of acupuncture in reducing the frequency and severity of hot flushes in post-menopausal women please look here

Also see ‘Acupuncture in the News’.