Acupuncture for Headaches - Case 2

October 8, 2012
49-year-old June came to see me with a few aches and pains. One of them was headaches, which she'd had for many years, and it seemed to run in the family. She had heard some anecdotes about me for a few years but didn't make up her mind to come, because she couldn't believe sticking pins could work as a medical treatment. Recently may be due to menopause, her symptoms got worse. She started to have headaches almost every day, and her neck felt very stiff and achy. These made her feel tired all the time. She was really frustrated and finally decided coming to see me. I applied electro-acupuncture in her neck and back. Obviously the treatment wasn’t anything she had expected - she said to me:"I'm amazed! I've never had anything as relaxing as this!" Her stiff neck got better straight away. After five sessions the frequency of her headaches reduced from every day to once a week, and the severity was much less. After a few more sessions her headaches didn't come back for months. Then she decided to have a break to prepare her daughter's wedding.  
 

Acupuncture for Headaches - Case 1

October 1, 2012
Lily, a 58 year-old psychotherapist, had suffered from headaches for 3 months and hadn't been able to work for 2 weeks. The pain was mainly in her temple area and gave her a heavy feeling on the top of her head. She was also having stiff neck and tingling sensation in both hands. Her sleep had been very bad and it made her feel tired all the time. Her doctor couldn't explain what caused it and prescribed some painkillers which didn't help much. For the acupuncture treatment, I used some point...
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Acupuncture for Frequent Urination in Prostate Cancer

September 25, 2012

 Bill is a 67-year-old retired farmer. He had always been very healthy and strong until 2011, when he suddenly had a severe pain in his lower abdomen and was diagnosed with prostate cancer. The cancer had badly damaged his colon and an operation had to be carried out to remove part of it. To control cancer in the prostate, he’d been given injections, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Amazingly, all the treatments had gone well due to his strong constitution. But there had been a nuisance which...


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BBC news: Painkillers 'are the cause' of millions of headaches

September 19, 2012
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence's (NICE) says that taking too many painkillers can make headaches worse, and acupuncture is recommended in patients susceptible to migraine and tension headaches.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19622016
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Acupuncture for Shingles - Case 1

September 12, 2012

Alan, 62yrs, had shingles for a month. On the back of his right thigh, there was a big patch of skin covered with dried, scabby blisters sitting on red spots. He was having a burning pain not only in the local area, but also on the inside of his right leg and buttocks, especially worse at night.  The pain was there all the time and any touch could trigger a strong, sharp pain that made him jump. The pain plus lack of sleep made him exhausted. I said to him, had he come sooner, he would have s...


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Acupuncture for Diarrhoea

September 3, 2012

65 year-old George is a tall and extremely thin man, who’s always had a weak constitution. He first came to see me in 2008 when he was losing weight and having fatigue. After a few sessions of acupuncture he felt more energetic and put 12 lb’s weight back. In March 2011 he came to see me again for a problem of diarrhoea. For the last 8-9 months he’d had very loose bowels sometimes 2­-3 times a day. He was getting more and more worried as it went on and on, because he was too thin and...


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