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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 Issues Helped
The life and health issues 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 the topic of this page 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 and your practitioner will have standard questions to ask you about yourself.
The "How to Help Your Practitioner" page for Acupuncture
Practitioners Organisations
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.
Acupuncture Training Schools
The practitioners organisations below will also accredit and approve Acupuncture training and courses. Please check that your chosen school is providing the course you are looking for.
Please access the organisation's website to find current contact details.
The organisations may have international members and relevance. Their country of origin is given.
| British Acupuncture Council | Great Britain |
| Society of Auricular Acupuncture | Great Britain |
Please email editor(at)shared-care.com to add to the List of Practitioners' 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 lists for the following countries.
| Australia | Canada | Great Britain |
| India | Ireland | New Zealand |
| United States of America |
