Migraine Awareness Week 2020
6 September 2020
Each September we use this week to raise general awareness of migraine as a serious public health issue and to reduce stigma While there is an increasing awareness of migraine
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British Acupuncture Council ‘Acu’ Magazine
31 August 2020
For the Summer ‘Acu’ magazine – the professional journal for The British Acupuncture Council, I wrote this article and took the pictures to go with it! About my treatment room
Let’s talk about… Anxiety: a review of the evidence for acupuncture
28 August 2020
From the British Acupuncture Council (BAcC) Team Recent systematic reviews of the evidence have found consistently positive results in trials of acupuncture for anxiety (Amorim 2018: thirteen randomised controlled trials
Let’s talk about… Anxiety and acupuncture
19 August 2020
Written by the Brtitish Acupuncture Council (BAcC) team While occasional feelings of anxiety are a normal part of healthy life, for anyone who suffers from chronic anxiety, the extent, severity
NICE guideline for chronic pain: painkillers out, acupuncture in
12 August 2020
Mark Bovey, Research Manager The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has just published a draft guideline for chronic pain. The guideline has had extensive media exposure, with
Returning to Acupuncture Treatment After Shielding For COVID-19
6 August 2020
From 1 August, people who have been shielding against COVID-19 in most will no longer have to stay at home and follow shielding, although they are advised to take particular
Acupuncture and Menopause
29 July 2020
The COVID situation carries on, though other parts of life have not stopped; Menopause continues to affect many women and may be made worse by the stress of lockdown and
COVID -19, Mental Health and Acupuncture
23 July 2020
In my previous five blogs I have made you aware of how each person relates to an element whether that is Fire, Earth, Metal, Water and Wood in the Acupuncture
In The Times Newspaper on Saturday
19 July 2020
This week I received a phone call from Anna Maxted a reporter for The Times newspaper. Anna requested an opinion and expert advice about an article she was writing about
Lockdown, are you Fearful?
16 July 2020
Water is the first element on the wheel of life and also the last. Water is the turning point, it is the beginning and the end; conception, birth, life and
Lockdown, are you Grieving?
9 July 2020
The Metal Element is stillness of Yin to let go, to grieve. In the midst of lockdown there has been much grief and loss, this can be from the death
Lockdown, are you Worried?
3 July 2020
As we find our way towards normality the Earth element can help us with our transformation. The Earth element can be thought of as the centre, the time of Late