Acupuncture

Can Acupuncture Heal Emotional Pain?

Jadelin, Acupunturist and Tui Na Massage Practitioner explores the connection between emotions and the body, how they are inextricably linked...

Shining light on Vitamin D

The importance of vitamin D for good health, by Valeria Frank, Resident Acupuncturist and Registered Associate Nutritionist (ANutr) at Shine, Newington Green...

Supporting your Physical and Mental Health in Springtime

Join Marian Fixler, Acupuncturist for a group EFT session, "Tapping your way to health & wellbeing" on Thursday 20th May @ 5pm Plus enjoy some self-help tips on How to support your Liver & Gall Bladder in springtime ...

Acupuncture for post Covid treatment

Many of these Covid symptoms relate to the Lung meridian, as this is predominantly a respiratory related virus. However, other symptoms such as muscle aches and in particular brain fog, nausea etc relate more to the Spleen & Stomach meridians and can be indications of lingering pathogens in the body such as dampness. In one case, soon after treatment, the patient experienced enormous amounts of mucus coming out for the first time, leading to a massive clear out and easing of all her symptoms for the first time in months.

Acupuncture and Pain management

Here at Shine, Stoke Newington and Newington Green, we have highly skilled Acupuncturists with over 25 years experience of treating many forms of pain...

Understanding our emotions and how they manifest in the body.

In TCM, excessive emotions act as stimuli, which disturb the Mind and Soul, alter the balance of the internal organs and the harmony of Qi (energy) and Blood, which can be a cause of disease. For this reason, emotional stress is an internal cause of the illness that injures the organs directly. On the other hand, and this is very important, the state of the internal organs can affect our emotional state.

On Tiredness

‘IT’ can start creeping slowly into our lives, can increase steadily after experiencing a common cold, or can knock us for six from one day to the next...

Inducing labour with acupuncture

Acupuncture is famously known for its relaxing effects and is becoming more widely known for its ability to promote fertility among men and women...

Dampness – TCM’s approach

Traditional Chinese Medicine recognises different influencers on the energetic and physical systems of our bodies, such as Wind, Heat and Dampness...

Acupuncture in the treatment of  Musculoskeletal Conditions

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommends considering acupuncture as a treatment option for chronic lower back pain, chronic tension-type headaches and migraine...

Acupuncture can stop you puzzling over headaches

Headaches are good puzzles for acupuncturists to solve...

Breech births: Orthodoxy, posture and Moxa

The lost skill of the vaginal breech birth Fans of the series ' Call the Midwife' may recall an episode in which Chummy,  a newly qualified midwife, is challenged to deliver a breech ('bottom first') baby on her own...