On September 8th, we entered the period of Báilù, also known as ‘White Dew’. Báilù is the fifteenth solar term, which occurs annually around September 8th. White Dew indicates the true beginning of autumn.
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Evil Bone Water, or Zheng Xie Gu Shui, is a herbal liniment crafted with a 500-year-old TCM recipe formulated to heal broken bones and ease various physical ailments. Evil Bone Water is developed using the highest quality Empirical Chinese...
Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is a debilitating neurological condition characterised by intense facial pain. The trigeminal nerve, responsible for transmitting sensory information from the face to the brain, becomes hypersensitive, resulting in severe, sudden, and recurring facial pain. But can...
Trying anything for the first time can be unnerving—even for the best of us, and acupuncture is no exception. With this in mind, we thought we'd answer 18 of the most common questions about acupuncture.
Jing-well points are a group of acupuncture points located at the tips of the fingers and toes, where there is little flesh. The qi at these points is considered to be shallow and narrow, yet dynamic—pouring forth like a spring or well.
Research shows that acupuncture performs at least as well as, and potentially better than, standard medical care for back pain (Cherkin, 2009; Haake, 2007; Sherman, 2009a; Witt, 2006). It is particularly beneficial as an alternative to conventional care for...
Within Chinese medicine, moxibustion is used frequently to turn a baby from a breech position to a head-down position in the uterus. The technique works by stimulating specific acupuncture points by burning mugwort (artemisia vulgaris) near the skin to...
The menopausal transition can be an individual and elongated process. Research shows that tailored treatments such as those used in acupuncture may provide significant benefits in the treatment of menopausal symptoms.
It’s here! The start of Acupuncture Awareness Week 2023: Getting to the point of it—a national campaign launched by the British Acupuncture Council (BAcC) to highlight the benefits of traditional acupuncture.
Did you know that an estimated 1 in 10 women in the UK have endometriosis, with the average time for a diagnosis following the onset of symptoms currently eight years?