Our Services

The Medical Acupuncture Clinic offers the following services:

  • Acupuncture
  • Chinese Herbalogy
  • Traditional Chinese Medicine
  • Health Consultations

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Acupuncture’s use for certain conditions has been endorsed by the United States National Institutes of Health, the National Health Service of the United Kingdom, the World Health Organization (W.H.O), and the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine.

Acupuncture is now widely accepted all over the world and has now been included as an effective form of treatment in standard textbooks of Western medicine. It is now an optional subject offered in many medical schools in the U.S.

Acupuncture is one of the most effective methods of relieving pain. Like all systems of medicine acupuncture has treatments for almost all illnesses. The list given below is not exhaustive but merely indicative of the range of diseases in which acupuncture is used with good results.

 

JOINT & PAIN MANAGEMENT

  • Auto Vehicle Injuries, Worker’s Injuries, Parapalegia, Sciatic Nerve
  • Headaches/Migraines
  • Musculoskeletal Disorders
  • Orthopedics
  • Osteoporosis
  • Sports Medicine
  • Frozen Shoulder (Periarthritis)
  • Osteoarthritis of the Hip and Knee
  • Cervical Spondylosis
  • Backache (slipped disc), with or without sciatica
  • Temporomandibular Arthritis
  • Tennis Elbow, Golfers Elbow
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • Fibromyositis
  • Myalgia
  • Pain in the Chest
  • Intercostal Neuralgia
  • Stenosing Tenosynovitis. (De Quervain’s Disease)
  • Ganglion of the Wrist
  • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
  • Dupuytren’s Contracture
  • Trigger Finger, Snap Thumb
  • Cramp in the Calf Muscles
  • Achilles Tendinitis
  • Spur on the Heel
  • Planter Fasciitis

DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM

  • Hemiplegia, Hemiparesis (Strokes and Paralysis)
  • Parkinsonism
  • Spastic Paralysis, Habit Spasm (Tics)
  • Meniere’s Disease, Vertigo and Travel Sickness
  • Headaches
  • Deafness due to nerve damage
  • Bell’s Palsy
  • Trigeminal Neuralgia (Tic Douloureux)
  • Insomnia
  • Anxiety
  • Paraplegia, Paraparesis
  • Muscular Dystrophies (Myopathies and Motor Neurone Disease)
  • Disorders of the Autonomic Nervous System

RESPIRATORY DISORDERS

  • Asthma
  • Sinusitis (both acute and chronic)
  • Hay Fever (Allergic Rhinitis)
  • Pharyngitis (Sore Threat)
  • Laryngitis, Tracheitis
  • Hoarse Voice
  • Bronchitis
  • Cough

VASCULAR DISORDERS

  • Hypotension (low blood pressure
  • Hypertension (high blood pressure)

DISORDERS OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM

  • Stomatitis, Glossitis
  • Toothache
  • Dysphagia (Difficulty of Swallowing)
  • Hiatus Hernia
  • Gastroeosophageal reflux disorder. (G.E.R.D.)
  • Nausea and Vomiting
  • Gastritis
  • Dyspepsia (indigestion)
  • Peptic Ulcer (Gastric Ulcer and Duodenal Ulcer)
  • Abdominal Distension (Flatulence)
  • Diarrhea, Dysentery (Bacillary, Amoebic)
  • Constipation

GYNECOLOGICAL DISORDERS IN WOMEN

  • Amenorrhoea
  • Oligomenorrhoea
  • Irregular Menstruation
  • Dysmenorrhoea (painful periods)
  • Premenstrual tension Syndrome (P.M.S.)
  • Dyspareunia (pain during intercourse)
  • Infertility
  • Menorrhagia (excessive bleeding)
  • Leucorrhoea (white discharge from the vagina)
  • Pelvic Inflammations. Salpingitis. Adnexitis. Cervicitis.
  • Utero-Vaginal Prolapse
  • Pain of Secondary Carcinoma of the Cervix, Uterus and Ovaries

GENITO-URINARY DISORDERS

  • Renal Colic
  • Cystitis, Urethritis
  • Retention of Urine
  • Enuresis, Nocturnal Enuresis (Bed Wetting)

SKIN DISORDERS & DISEASES

  • Non-Healing Wounds and Chronic Ulcers of the skin
  • Furunculosis (Acne, pimples)
  • Urticaria (Nettle Rash, Hives), Angioneurotic Edema
  • Eczema
  • Psoriasis

EAR DISORDERS

  • Acute Deafness, Deaf-Mutism
  • Tinnitus
  • Earache
  • Meniere’s Disease Vertigo, Travel Sickness, Labryinthitis

EYE DISORDERS

  • Conjunctivitis
  • Myopia
  • Optic Nerve Atrophy
  • Glaucoma
  • Night Blindness

ENDOCRINE DISORDERS

  • Hypogonadism, Sub-Fertility
  • Adrenal Fatigue & failure
  • Diabetes Mellitus
  • Obesity of Endocrine Origin

PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS

  • Anxiety disorders
  • Mental Depression
  • Frigidity
  • Drug Addictions
  • Tobacco addiction. This is very useful to give up smoking.

DISORDERS OF CHILDREN

  • Behavioral Disorders
  • Nocturnal Enuresis
  • Fevers

 

Source: World Health Organization (2003). “Acupuncture: Review and Analysis of Reports on Controlled Clinical Trials”