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Acupuncture
These are techniques of stimulation of special points on the body which lie on 12 main meridians through which circulate the vital force of the human body (Qi). There are 365 acupoints situated on these meridians at which qi can enter and leave the body and at which it is concentrated. Acupuncture involves the insertion of needles into the body to suppress or stimulate its flow.
Acupressure is a technique involving the same points but no needles are used. Pressure of various sorts is used over the points to produce its effects.
Auricular Acupuncture is based on the chinese foetus representation where the foetal body is mapped on the ear and the point on the ear that represents ths ill part is stimulated either by needles or electrically by an acupunctoscope to relieve the problem.
Life and Health Problems Helped
The life and health problems shown below have been noted as being helped by Acupuncture:-
| Allergy |
| Asthma |
| Chronic Fatigue Syndrome |
| Depression |
| Endometriosis |
| Fibromyalgia |
| Hay Fever |
| Headache |
| High Blood Pressure |
| Infertility |
| Migraine |
| Panic Attacks |
| Phobias |
| PMS |
| Psoriasis |
| Stress |
| Stroke |
| Weight Loss |
Acupuncture Blog
Add your contributions to the blog for this page. The button is at the bottom of the page or follow this link to the blog for this page. These can be absolutely anything related to this therapy or "natural cures" that needs an answer from other members of the community, or a space for you to complain about or comment on anything related to that topic.
How to Help your Practitioner
You will have certain questions that you want to ask your practitioner about the therapy or natural cure and your practitioner will have standard questions to ask you about yourself.
The "How to Help Your Practitioner" page for Acupuncture
Acupuncture Practitioner Organisations and Schools
The qualifications and requirements for a practitioner to be registered may vary markedly from organisation to organisation. We would strongly recommend that you visit the organisation's website to ensure that your chosen practitioner is registered with an organisation which has requirements with which you approve.
The home country of the organisation is listed. Although their practitioner lists and training courses are likely to be limited to their own countries most will provide more information, advice, contacts and help wherever you live:-
Please email editor(at)shared-care.com with the name and URL of your suggestions for additional organisations.
Acupuncture Practitioner List
As the relationship between practitioner and the person consulted by them is a very personal one we would recommend that you check out their qualifications and, if possible, decide whether you have suitable empathy with them. This listing does not imply any special competence.
Practitioner lists for Acupuncture:-
| Australia | Canada | Great Britain |
| India | Ireland | New Zealand |
| The United States of America |
Lists of Practitioners and Practices
Please access the list of practitioners listed by therapy from the Therapies Home page
The full searchable practice list for the following countries.
| Australia | Canada | Great Britain |
| India | Ireland | New Zealand |
| United States of America |
The practitioners and practitioners' organisations lists for the following countries.
| Australia | Canada | Great Britain |
| India | Ireland | New Zealand |
| United States of America |
Shopping Zone
Editors Choice
Not all good things come from Amazon. The following are my choices of goodies that I have come across or in which I have had some involvement. If you want to add anything please email me (editor(at)shared-care.com) with details
| Surprisingly Gluten Free | Gluten free cookbook; lots of good recipes |
| Surprisingly Gluten Free | |
| Dr Michaels New Horizons | Self help tapes from No Panic |
| No Panic | |
| Lumie Sunlamp | Sunlamp for SAD (works for me! (ed)) |
| Lumie | |
| The FISH Plan for Migraine | Free downloadable book about treating migraine |
| The FISH Plan for Migraine | |
| The FISH Plan for Irritable Bowel Syndrome | Free downloadable book about treating Irritable Bowel Syndrome |
| The FISH Plan for IBS | |
| Your Heart Needs the Mediterranean Diet | Necessary dietary reading for everyone |
| Your Heart Needs the Mediterranean Diet | |
| The Complete Guide to Gluten-Free and Dairy-Free Cooking | Great cookbook by Glenis Lucas. Introduction by me! |
| The Complete Guide to Gluten-Free and Dairy-Free Cooking | |
