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Acupuncture: is an ancient oriental system of medicine which has been of great benefit to countless people over the centuries.

From being a treatment solely practiced in China, its use has exploded and is now widely recognized in the West. It is used both in private healthcare and the NHS to address a wide variety of symptoms and illnesses including those linked to HIV. One reason for its increasing use is the growing body of evidence supporting its effects. From its discovery in China over 3,000 years ago, modern clinical trials and studies now offer firm evidence that acupuncture can be effective in treating pain, nausea and other symptoms. The World Health Organization supports its use and it unites both mainstream and alternative healthcare practitioners.

Acupuncture involves the insertion of fine needles into specific points in the body. Those afraid of needles should not be put off as the needles are very thin and it doesn't hurt in the same way as an injection. These points are situated mainly on 'meridians': lines linked to various organs and systems of the body (e.g. lung, spleen, kidney). An acupuncturist who works along a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) framework will diagnose an imbalance in these functions through a thorough holistic examination.

For the acupuncturist, health depends on the balance of these elements. It can be hard to imagine these lines and points being more than fantasy, but they can be clearly detected by a change in skin resistance to electricity. Pain due to peripheral neuropathy, or any of the musculoskeletal problems, responds well in the majority of cases in our experience. It is important that the doctor specifies the reason and source of the problem so that you get the right kind of technique for inserting and manipulating needles into "energy points" on the body. According to acupunctural teachings this will restore health and well-being.

Acupuncture treats the human body as a whole that involves several "systems of function" that are in many cases associated with physical organs.

Since Acupuncture is a discipline of its own the applications are limitless-from pain control to weight loss. See bellow a list of the conditions acupuncture can help...