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How Many Acupuncture Treatments Will I Need?

It's a question I'm asked a lot. In the first year of studing for my acupuncture degree, whenever one of the students asked a question about Chinese medicine, the answer was very often, 'Well, it depends'! It wasn't long before the entire cohort would pipe up, 'It depends', when someone asked a question. And as frustrating as the answer was, we students slowly realised that when it comes to acupuncture, it really does depend! But depend on what?, I hear you cry. Acupuncture is an[...]

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What is Acupuncture?

What is Acupuncture? Acupuncture has its origins firmly planted in Chinese Medicine, going back more than 3500 years.  It is the insertion of fine, sterile, medical grade stainless steel, single use needles… Sorry to cut the paragraph short, but as I sit here on this rather damp and miserable autumn afternoon - ‘Damp’ is a good TCM word, mental note to do a future blog on Damp…more interesting than you’d think! But back to this afternoon and acupuncture.  Is there r[...]

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