Care Cure Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine

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...

Ever wondered about cupping - what it is and why we use it in Chinese Medicine. Cupping is one of the oldest and most beneficial treatment of Traditional Chinese Medicine and it is most typically used to heal swollen, painful or still joints, to clear a head cold, to increase circulation or remove toxins from the skin. The Cupping procedure involves a glass jar being applied to the patient’s skin and as the pressure of the jar is reduced (either by heat or suction) vital energy is freed which helps the body to work more efficiently. Cupping is particularly effective in improving blood circulation, performing deep tissue repair and treating areas of the body that have been affected by pain. To understand more about the beneficial effects of cupping please click this link to  view a short informative video.  http://ow.ly/105ifh

If you have never experienced mental illness, bouts of depression or anxiety can be all too easily dismissed as someone’s bad day. But for those individuals suffering from anxiety, insomnia, crying spells, worry, memory loss and apathy depression is a crippling disability. Care Cure Acupuncture takes this condition very seriously and strives to root cause the imbalance and restore emotional and mental health. To do this w e look at the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) approach, which believes that the heart and the liver control mental activity. When these channels are not functioning the organs are affected by sadness and the brain is unable to co-ordinate it’s mental activities. The World Health Organisation has classified acupuncture to be an effective treatment for both depression and anxiety. Acupuncture works on the underlying cause of the anxiety and stimulates the body’s self healing code to self-correct the problem. It does this by inserting small, painless, di...

Treat Pain/Injury with Care Cure Acupuncture   Sometimes chronic pain can negatively affect quality of life or even neck, back or leg injury which is caused by a strain on the body which can result in muscle aches, injury pains, pulled ligaments, twisted ankles and broken limbs. Acupuncture and Chinese Massage is an effective treatment for dealing with chronic pain, muscle pain, sports injuries and general body wear and tear. 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 injuries Sciatica Knee and Foot Injuries Headache...

As the weather gets damper sinus sufferers can feel the all too familiar symptoms of facial pain, breathing difficulties, head pressure, stuffy noses and foggy thinking. If this is you don’t despair – sinus and sinusitis can be naturally treated with acupuncture, acupressure and Chinese herbs. Acupuncture uses small painless disposable needles to stimulate points on the temples, nose and forehead, which cause the sinuses to drain naturally alleviating the pain associated with the blockage. Acupressure is also used to stimulate the trapped mucus to move. According to Traditional Chinese Medicine theory, sinus is caused by a number of imbalances in the body and the task of your Chinese Medicine practitioner is to discover the source of the imbalance and then create an individualised tailor made plan to the illness. For some sinus can be triggered by an attack of the wind. For example the Chinese say ‘catch the wind’ in the same way we say ‘catch a cold’ and catching ...