Care Cure Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine

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

Kick Start The New Year With a Healthier Slimmer You To talk about weight loss we first need to talk about weight gain. Too often we are told that less calorie intake and more exercise is the solution to shedding the pounds and although this helps, it is not the full solution. According to the theory of Acupuncture, 14 main channels called meridians run through your body and link u with organs and limbs. Along these channels are hundreds of acupoints - points which when activated with small disposable needles, stimulate you bodies natural healing system. For the problem of weight gain we will concentrate on four main channels - The Spleen - The Stomach - The Liver and The Heart Channel . Firstly lets look at the Spleen Channel. If this is blocked meaning that vital qi energy cannot flow freely, then the result will be a slow metabolism. This in turn causes bloating, water retention, constipation, etc. Also problems with the spleen channel can result in a craving for sweet