🔥Summer and the Element of Fire: Finding Balance in the Heat🔥
We’re now fully in the season of Fire in Chinese medicine – the most expansive and expressive of the Five Elements. Fire corresponds to high summer, the time of longest days and warmest temperatures. And while most British summers tend to leave us wondering whether we’ve skipped it altogether, this year’s heatwave is giving us […]
Why do people come to see me for acupuncture?
Number 1 reason – PAIN People also come for a wide variety of other reasons including fatigue, low mood, insomnia, women’s health and hay fever. There are some useful factsheets produced by the British Acupuncture Council which reference the evidence behind acupuncture for these conditions. Acupuncture Research Evidence | BAcC Why do people keep coming […]
‘90 minutes, that’s a long time!’
This was the start of a conversation with a new patient on their first session with me. There is often surprise expressed that the first acupuncture appointment takes at least an hour and a half – this is sometimes received with great enthusiasm – ‘time all about me!’, but can be a slightly daunting prospect […]
