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| Acupuncture with no need for
needles |
AcuMedic practitioners target points
in the ear
AcuMedic employee Sasha Zabranska receiving ‘ear-bead’
treatment |
ACUPUNCTURE, the 5,000-year-old practice of pricking pressure
points with pins has become accepted as a popular remedy for a whole
range of illnesses.
But now the influential Acu-medic centre in Camden High Street is
using the ancient Chinese practice to tackle prevalent 21st-century
problems like smoking and obesity as well as more serious conditions
such as ME, MS, Hepatitis C, ovarian cysts, the menopause and impotence.
Acupuncturists claim cosmetic acupuncture improves circulation,
which can make eyes brighter, hair stronger and shinier, and firm
skin.
They say it makes a safe alternative to popular but controversial
cosmetic surgery. Using cutting edge acupuncture techniques, already
widespread in China, Dr Qilun Yuan targets pressure points in the
ear. These ‘meridian’ points are traditionally thought
to affect limbs and organs inside the body. Chinese medicine uses
the ear as a map of the human body, mirroring the foetus in the
womb. But Dr Yaun believes the ear is also a map of the brain.
By tapping into the nervous system, using small “herbal seeds”
placed in the ear (pictured), acupuncture can help beat the cravings
for things like food or cigarettes. This type of no-needle acupuncture
can help people relieve and prevent the withdrawal symptoms caused
by nicotine addiction, such as nervousness, insomnia and depression.
Hungarian born Erika Szatmari, 35, who lost two stones in six weeks,
explained the process.
She said: “They put little beads in your ear that stay in permanently.
You give them a little massage every five hours or so and they send
messages to your brain. They gave me one that eases hunger. It doesn’t
starve you, just stops you eating rubbish. I lost two stones in
six weeks. I don’t think people realise how effective it can
be.”
Dr Yuan said: “The points block the transmission of the hunger
message. We don’t have an obesity problem in China. Perhaps
the British should start to take notice.”
Mrs Szatmari, who studied acupuncture at the University of Budapest
before moving to Mornington Crescent seven years ago, said it was
important not to get carried away with Eastern practices. She said:
“Acupuncture is very affective for many illnesses. But if you
need surgery, don’t delay it with acupuncture – go to
the hospital.”
Dr Yuan was quick to discredit the Western practice of ‘trigger-point’
acupuncture, which does not use herbal remedies in tandem with the
treatment. He said: “You cannot separate acupuncture from herbal
remedies.”
The government are considering proposals – put forward by the
president of the Acu-Medic clinic, professor Benny Mei – to
integrate acupuncture and Chinese herbal remedies into the NHS. |
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