Acupuncture

Using acupuncture, we prompt your body's intelligence to restore balance.

Acupuncture at Health Wise Chinese Medicine Consultancy

Our Hong Kong registered acupuncturists determine each individual patient’s needs and then creates a customized plan, whilst being mindful of where Western medicine would be useful as well.

Getting to the root of your symptoms through Acupuncture

Each acupuncture point acts as a gate, sending information electromagnetically through the fascia deep into the body. Learn about some of the ways acupuncture works below:

PROMOTES HEALING

Offering a small electrical prompt to the body to restore homeostasis & balance.

RELEASES BLOCKAGES

Releasing areas of blocked Qi which stimulates organ function & promotes health.

IMPROVES CIRCULATION

Promoting circulation in the body improves function where needed.

DECREASES PAIN

Acting as a natural analgesic, acupuncture interrupts pain signaling.

REDUCES INFLAMMATION

Reducing pro-inflammatory markers, or proteins, in the body

BALANCES BODY CHEMISTRY

Influencing the body’s biochemical responses via the nervous system.

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The Science Behind Acupuncture

Acupuncture originated in China around 3,500 years ago and remains one of the oldest, most commonly used systems of healing in the world. These days, science can explain its effectiveness.

Connective tissue winds around the needles, increasing electrical conductivity

Doppler ultrasound shows that acupuncture increases blood flow and circulation.

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MRI readings demonstrate that acupuncture prompts observable changes in the brain.

Thermal imaging reveals that acupuncture reduces inflammation.

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What is Acupuncture?

Acupuncture is an aspect of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Acupuncture originated in China around 3,500 years ago and remains one of the oldest, most commonly used systems of healing in the world. Nowadays, science can explain its effectiveness.

Acupuncture can help to promote healing by offering a small electrical prompt to the body to restore homeostasis & balance. It promotes circulation in the body and improves function where needed.

To many people it may come as a surprise but acupuncture can act as a natural analgesic and reduce pain by interrupting pain signaling. It can also reduce inflammation.

How Can Acupuncture Help?

In June 2000, the British Medical Association offered its opinion on acupuncture through its published report: Acupuncture: Efficacy, Safety and Practice. The scientific benefits of acupuncture were acknowledged, and the association recommended that the treatment should be incorporated into the National Health Service.

New research shows acupuncture’s efficacy in treating common health issues with quanitifiable results. Acupuncture therapy has been tested in controlled clinical trials for a wide variety of diseases and disorders listed by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Click this link to see which diseases listed by the WHO that acupuncture can be used to treat.

Acupuncture is helpful for cutaneous inflammatory & immune responses, and proven effective for wound healing, rheumatoid arthritis & eczema, modulating non-specific immune reactions (atopic allergies), modulating pain experience for chronic neuropathic pain syndromes; changes to blood coagulation (rheumatoid arthritis, gout & psoriasis), enhancing vasodilatory response, increasing IVF implantation success rates and improving heart microcirculation & blood pressure.

What does Acupuncture Treat?

Acupuncture can be used to successfully treat a number of disorders as recognized by the World Health Organization. Emphasized in bold print are diseases recognized by WHO. The list also includes other disorders that tend to respond well to acupuncture.

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NEUROLOGICAL

Headaches, migraines, stroke, facial and inter-costal neuralgia, trigeminal neuralgia, some form of paralysis, sequelae of poliomyelitis, peripheral neuropathy, Meniere's disease, difficulty sleeping, nervous tension, some form of deafness, noises in the ears, dizziness.

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DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

Toothache, post-extraction pain, gingivitis, hiccough, spasms of the oesophagus, gastric and duodenal ulcers, gastric hyperacidity, gastritis, paralytic ileus, colitis, diarrhoea, constipation, mouth ulcers, heartburn, hiatus hernia syndrome, flatulence, haemorrhooids, liver and gall bladder disorders, weight control.

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RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

Bronchial asthma, acute and chronic bronchitis, acute tonsillitis, rhinitis, sinusitis, sore throat, hay fever, chronic cough, laryngitis, influenza and the common cold.

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MUSCULO-SKELETAL SYSTEM

Osteoarthritis, sciatica, low back pain, cervicobrachial syndrome, “frozen shoulder”, “tennis elbow”, lumbago, weak back, rheumatoid arthritis, gout, tenosynovitis, shoulder and neck pain.

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URO-GENITAL SYSTEM

Nocturnal enuresis, neurogenic bladder dysfunction.Cystitis, prostatits, orchitis, low sexual vitality, urinary retention, kidney disorders,

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CARDIO-VASCULAR SYSTEM

High or low-blood pressure, fluid retention, chest pain, angina pectoris, poor circulation, cold hands and feet, muscle cramps.

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GYNAECOLOGICAL AND OBSTETRIC DISORDER

Premenstrual tension, painful, heavy or irregular, or the absence of periods, abnormal uterine bleeding or discharge, hormonal disturbances, disorders associated with menopause, prolapsed of the uterus or bladder, difficulty with conception, morning sickness.