Is Acupuncture for you?

Treatments are designed to meet the needs of every individual person. For that, your first consultation will be up to two hours long, when the practitioner will assess your general state of health and ask about past medical and family history, daily routine, past and present emotional stresses, etc., in order to identify the underlying pattern of imbalance. Through this process he will diagnose the element most in distress within your energy system and treat accordingly, re-balancing and re-establishing the natural movement of the elements within the body. In this way he will treat not just the complaint but the real cause of it.

At the start, treatment sessions are normally weekly but become less frequent as you improve. Although sometimes the effects of treatment are dramatic, and only few treatments are required, for some patients, the effects are more subtle and they may need treatment for a longer period of time, varying in regularity. After sessions patients often experience an increased vitality and energy, better sleep and a great sense of wellbeing, and a more positive approach to life and its challenges.

Some people may have acupuncture as a preventative measure to strengthen their constitution, or because they feel unwell in themselves without being "ill" in the western sense, and therefore have treatment regularly. Others, after the desired improvement will stop treatment until they feel the need for some more help and support. The aim of the sessions is not only restore balance, command and health to the patient, but also to instil responsibility over one’s own life.