Care Cure Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine

Smoking not only costs money, it is anti-social and affects all organs of the body. Studies show that a smoker is easily prone to contracting a sore throat, skin rash, chest infection, etc. When pregnant smoking has been known to harm the fetus and medical research shows a higher risk of the baby being born premature or underweight. Everyday 300 people die as direct results of smoking-the equivalent of a jumbo jet crashing 24 hours. As an average smoker the habit may cost you over 800 pounds a year, but nowadays more and more smokers know that they are harming themselves and that they should quip but the habit feels almost impossible to break. Even for those who are determined to stop smoking, willpower alone may not be enough. All over the world people have tried different ways of giving up cigarettes - nicotine patches, hypnosis, sometimes they work and sometimes they don’t. In China Acupuncture has been a tried and tested, proven way of healing addiction. It is an...

ALLERGY/ INTOLERANCE TESTING Care Cure Acupuncture Offers an extensive intolerance test which measures the sensitivity of up to 110 food items, alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, food additives, colouring and preservatives. We also include a test for dust mites, pollen and animal hair. An intolerance usually occurs when we eat too much of one particular food like wheat, potatoes or cheese. In Ireland, a country known for damp wet weather, our bodies find it difficult to dige st wet grains like wheat as the digestive system is not hot enough. This is seen when Irish people go on holiday to countries like Italy and amazingly have their intolerance to wheat disappeared. The allergy test is conducted by snipping a small strand of hair – this allows us to conduct our test and it makes no difference to the results whether you dye your hair or not. Then we have a short questionnaire which is sent with the hair to our labs for analysis. Within 5-10 working days we will have your r...

Sports participation although a great form of exercise and community spirit can sometimes put a strain on the body and result in muscle aches, injury pains, pulled ligaments, twisted ankles and broken limbs. Acupuncture and Chinese Massage is an effective treatment for dealing with sports injuries and general body wear and tear. Whether you are suffering from the aches and pains of old injuries, sprained muscles or just need a healthy energy boost our therapies can aid recovery. Recent studies have shown that acupuncture causes the body to produce natural steroids and promotes the production of natural endorphins. Steroids decrease inflammation, while endorphins act to block pain messages allowing the brain to focus on the more important task of healing. Herbs can also be used to reduce inflammation as well as strengthening the body Traditional Chinese Medicine can help ease a wide range of pain conditions such as: Joint and Soft Tissue Repair Neck and Shoulder in...

Acupuncture needles FAQs: Here are the answers to some of the most asked questions in the clinic by patients. Hopefully, you will find them helpful and gain a better understanding of acupuncture. 1. What are the needles like? Patients are often reassured to discover that acupuncture needles are very fine and thin as the diameter of one single hair. However, over 2000 years ago, needles were made from bamboo or stone. As the human civilization developed, iron, gold and silver were late r on used to make the needles. In the modern times, acupuncture needles are most commonly made from stainless steel which gives the needles certain important qualities, such as impossible to break, very flexible, and will not rust. 2. How are needles sterilized? Acupuncturists always employ single use pre-sterilised disposable needles when treating patients. After each use, the needles need to be disposed in a sharp object box to ensure that no infection can be transm...

Traditional Chinese Medicine has been very effective in alleviating pain caused by sports injuries among others and seeks always to root cause the source of such pain. One such injury treated by Chinese Medicine is Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) which is an injury associated with the peripheral nerve tissues and their responses. To explain Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) is a nerve entrapment which manifests itself as pain, numbness or weakness in the forearm, wrist or hand. Some people with this condition can experience difficulty in discerning hot from cold sensations while others experience it as a deterioration of local tendons, muscles, ligaments, and sinew. It can come on from an injury to the nerves or as a side effect of pregnancy and can be felt as debilitating and cause a reduction in quality of life. The combination of Acupuncture and Moxibustion which is the treatment recommended by Traditional Chinese Acupuncture can alleviate the pain and heal the damaged tissues of peo...

The section below explains how the condition of the liver channel is connected with uterine fibroids.  Your liver regulates the blood in your body – in other words we say in Traditional Chinese Medicine theory that the liver has been given the function of storing blood in the body, regulating blood flow and preventing blood overflow.   I.               Storage of Blood Blood from the liver glorifies and nourishes the body’s meridians (channels which flow through the body) and it also nourishes your fingers/toes nails and eyes. If blood stored in your liver failed to nourish the meridians, it would result in symptoms including numbness, pins and needles, tendon twitch, muscle spasms, and convulse of limbs. Similarly if the eyes do not receive proper nourishment from the liver blood, patients will experience dry, sore eyes or even blurred vision. If your nails do not get enough blood supply, they will be...

Low energy, Feeling Lethargic, Fatigue, Bloating after Eating and Difficulty Concentrating are all signs that a person is suffering from a low-grade energy drain.  This depleting energy which leads to a persistent feeling of tiredness drags on the system leaving you with feelings of Impatience, Low Enthusiasm, Fuzzy Thinking, Anxiety and Lack of Motivation for Life.  If this is beginning to sound familiar, don’t worry – we can help.  A combination of acupuncture combined with other Chinese Medicine treatments such as Chinese Massage, Cupping, Moxibustion or Herbal Medicine can work to restore vitality in the body and rebalance what we call the Vital Qi Energy. Traditional Chinese Medicine begins with the premise that Qi Energy is all around us – the world is made up of it and it is the flow of this Qi Energy that gives us our vitality. For example according to the theory Qi Energy is the reason our blood circulates, our limbs move, our stomach digests food and ou...