Clinic of Chinese Medicine
(Dr. Limin Zhu MBch, MBAcC)

Acupuncture

Acupuncture is an ancient system of healing practised in China for thousands of years as part of Traditional Chinese Medicines. It is a form of treatment involving insertion of thin steel needles into skin which stimulate vital energy points. It is effective in a wide variety of conditions through its power to regulate the channels of energy, re-establish the energy balance and stimulate the mid and body's own healing response. Only disposable needles are used. It is therefore safe and has no side-effects.

Acupuncture is based on the theory that our health depends on the body's motivating energy that flows through our body. By inserting fine needles into the channels of energy the body will have its immune and healing responses stimulated and the balance of energy will be restored.

The principal aim of acupuncture in treating the whole person is to recover the equilibrium between the physical, emotional and spiritual aspects of the individual.

Chinese Herbal Medicine

Chinese Herbal Medicine is one of the major treatments in China for chronic conditions and the prescriptions have been used for 2500 years. They are natural products, including dry herbs to be taken as tea, herbs in tablet form, tincture and lotions, and they have been improved, checked and stood the test of time.>

Most conditions can be treated with most success seen in treating skin conditions. It is effective, natural and safe when properly dispensed from a qualified Chinese doctor. As with acupuncture the treatment is free from side effects. Due to the nature of the herbs used, Chinese herbal medicine aims to treat the whole body rather than just the symptoms and to improve the patient's general condition, to strengthen the patient's own immune system and to correct the body's imbalance.

A herbal tea mixture, which contains a range of herbs, has to be carefully prescribed on diagnosis to suit each individual. Each herb in the mixture possesses different qualities and has different effects when combined.

What Can Acupuncture and Herbs Treat?

Acupuncture and herbs can treat a wide range of diseases and here are some of them: