Treating Complex Conditions
During Acupuncture Awareness Week, British Acupunture Council members were asked to share their case studies on treating common and complex conditions.
Within my Traditional Five element Acupuncture practice I treat a combination of common and complex conditions, as discussed in the case studies below.
Individual Treatment
You may say how can you be an expert in such a diverse collection of conditions? This is because each patient may be suffering from a named western medical condition, though each person has a different experience of this depending on may factors, such as age, emotional make up, the environment they live in, relationships and support systems, previous health and personal history and treatments, the positive or negative outlook on life and their constitutional make up.
Constitutional Make Up
Your constitutional make up is the underlying treatment principle of Traditional Five Element Acupuncture. We all are made up of all The Five elements FIRE, EARTH, METAL, WATER AND WOOD. These all explain your constitution and how you respond life and health. We all have what is called either a Guardian Element (ref Nora Franglen) https://norafranglen.blogspot.com or Causative Factor (ref JR Worsley) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._Worsley This Element is your strength but also can be your weakness. Your acupuncturist will evaluate and treat this Element to bring balance to your system, to gain equilibrium of all the Five Elements for your Qi (vital energy) to flow with grace, for health and wellbeing. Each person has different level of this and your acupunctuist can help you find this
Your Element
For more information about your Element please check this page on my website https://www.southwellacupuncture.co.uk/acupuncture-five-elements/
BAcC Case Studies
Below are the case studies that The British Acumen cure Council collated, presenting real-world examples of how acupuncture has helped patients.
| Chief complaint | Keywords | Fact sheet on chief complaint |
|---|---|---|
| Anxiety | Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), needle phobia, disordered eating | ✔ |
| Bell’s Palsy | Facial paralysis, eye disorders, muscle impairment, temporary weakness | ✔ |
| Cancer treatment-related symptoms | Breast cancer, neutropenia | |
| Fibromyalgia | Chronic pain | ✔ |
| Infertility | Emotional wellbeing during TTC, geriatric pregnancy | ✔ |
| Injury trauma | Battlefield Acupuncture (BFA) | |
| Lower back pain & arm injury | Lower back pain, arm trauma from injury | ✔ |
| Mobility | General pain, wellbeing | |
| Rheumatoid arthritis | Muscle pain, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), insomnia, mouth ulcers, anxiety, lethargy | |
| Shingles | Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), reflux, neuralgia | |
| Tension headaches | Battlefield Acupuncture (BFA) | ✔ |
Evidence A-Z
Browse our fact sheets, produced to provide accurate and unbiased general information for a variety of conditions.
Acupuncture Treatment
- For more information and Treatment contact Hannah on ; https://www.southwellacupuncture.co.uk/contact/
Hannah is A Member of the British Acupuncture Council (MBAcC)
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