Care Cure Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine

Winter is here – and with it stuffy colds, coughs, chest infections, sore throats and energy draining flues. Good news is that by treating yourself to Acupuncture Treatments and healthy doses of Chinese Herbal Medicines you can prevent or eliminate these annoying symptoms and maintain a fit, active, lifestyle.   According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, there is a protective layer of energy called ‘chi we’ running the length of your body. This energy acts to prevent any outside attacks from harsh weather, viruses or bacteria entering the body.   But when the weather varies this energy is especially susceptible to attack and the body finds itself unprepared to resist the colder temperatures. When this happens the lung meridian (channel) looses it’s ‘chi we’ protection and catches cold. This leads to the immune system breaking down and allowing infections to infiltrate the body system causing coughs, sore throats, chest infections, colds and flues.   Acupuncture and her

From a Traditional Chinese Medicine standpoint asthma is the direct result of a deficiency in the lung meridian (channel). Once this lung energy becomes blocked, the chi (vital energy) becomes unstable and triggers an immune system response restricting both inhalation and exhalation. This is accompanied by wheezing and sometimes a cough   In Care Cure Acupuncture clinics we clearly differentiate between actual asthma attacks and the periods before attacks. Acupuncture can have a remarkable effect of stopping an asthma attack and many of our patients experience immediate relief after an acupuncture treatment feeling that the air way blockage was simply removed. Stimulation of acupoints can also relieve both physical and emotional stress. The patient can therefore experience both a physical release from bronchial restriction and also an emotional release from the fear of suffocation. According to acupuncture theory asthma can have 5 causative syndromes: 1.        Retenti

An allergy intolerance is an acute sensitivity to an otherwise harmless substance, which the immune system confuses with a dangerous infection thereby releasing a surge of histamine, which causes allergic symptoms. At Care Cure we conduct an extensive intolerance test, which measures the sensitivity of up to 110 food items, alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, food additives, colouring and preservatives. In addition to this the test also checks for dust mites, pollen and animal hair.   We conduct the test by taking a strand of hair, which contains your DNA and it makes no difference to the results if you dye your hair or not. Next the hair is posted to our labs for a complete analysis and the results are sent back to us within 5-10 working days. At this stage we will give the person a call and discuss results over the phone or ask them to come in and talk to us. Results can be emailed or posted depending on preference. The results are colour coded with red being the most dang

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) believes that skin disorders are generally caused by internal disharmonies and environmental influences such as heat, wind, damp, dryness and cold. Once these imbalances are removed from the system, the skin naturally heals. In treating skin disorders our Care Cure practitioners take into account the type of skin eruption, skin colour, body temperature, diet, daily activities, climate and emotions that are associated with the problem. Details such as the onset, duration and frequency of the skin disorder with any other signs of imbalance in the digestive system, sleep patterns and the immune system are also examined. Effective treatments for these conditions are acupuncture, acupressure, massage and herbal medicine. These therapies strengthen the immune system thereby decreasing skin sensitivity, releasing toxins, repairing and nourishing the skin, stopping infections and purifying the blood. Treating skin conditions with Chinese Me

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) believes that a lot of conditions associated with pregnancy arise from low stomach energy. In the Care Cure Acupuncture clinics we use a combination of acupuncture, acupressure and Chinese herbal medicine to strengthen the energetic function of the stomach meridian and correct any underlying problems. Pregnancy Conditions treated in Care Cure Acupuncture clinics include: Nausea Morning Sickness Heartburn Constipation Urinary Track Infection Breach Birth Induction Prebirth Treatment Fatigue Insomnia Anxiety Reoccurring Miscarriage Itching Sinus Nausea during pregnancy is often dismissed as a minor disorder but as this condition affects one third of all pregnancies it is worth considering acupuncture, a drug free alternative that can ease symptoms and reduce the workload of the digestive system. For breech babies, Traditional Chinese Medicine would treat between 34-36 weeks gestation with a moxa stick (a herb shaped like a ci

Chronic pain in the muscles and joints can make life miserable. Standard anti-inflammatory treatments, physical therapy and medication can sometimes mask neck and back pain but if you want it to stay away for good then it is a good idea to treat the root cause. Acupuncture treats pain in a variety of ways, the most direct being when a needle is inserted into the body; the brain releases natural painkillers called endorphin's. Releasing endorphin's does more than mask pain, it also relaxes tense muscles and delivers fresh blood to the area where the needle is inserted. This can speed healing and recovery for tissue that is damaged like torn tendons in the neck or back sprain or it can aid an area that by its nature tends not to get much fresh blood like the cartilage. Recent studies have shown that acupuncture causes the body to produce natural steroids which decrease inflammation while the endorphin's act to block pain, allowing the brain to focus on the more import