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.
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.
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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.
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Thermal imaging reveals that acupuncture reduces inflammation.
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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