Acupuncture Theory

Hearts, Transplants & Chinese Medicine!

I recently read that the personality of heart transplant patients can change in ways that reflect the personality of their organ donor....

Why Explaining Acupuncture Seems so Hard

For many people acupuncture is an unfamiliar idea and so part of my job is to explain what I do and why its works. Doesn’t sound so hard...

Why Good Health Begins in our Heads!

“Its not the years in your life that count. Its the life in your years” Dr Edward Stieglitz The Yangsheng or Nourishing Life tradition...

Why Acupuncture Works for Mental Health

A while ago I was chatting with my father-in-law and mentioned that acupuncture can be very effective for things like depression and...

Acupuncture and the Treatment of Migraine

A brief look at migraines and why acupuncture might provide effective treatment with lasting effects,

'Excessive Use of the Eyes Injures the Heart.' Or, It’s All Nonsense Until its Suddenly Not!

A look at the first of the 'Five Taxations' and how recent research seems to support this ancient observation.

Insomnia and Chinese Medicine

Somewhere near the beginning of the film Fight Club Edward Norton’s character observes that “when you have insomnia you’re never really...

Depression from the Perspective of Chinese Medicine

A brief look at how 5 Element acupuncture can provide effective and empowering treatment for depression

What The Hell Does ‘Holistic’ Mean?

I sometimes feel that for many complementary therapists the word ‘holistic’ serves as an incantation invoking some unspecified power for...

Acupuncture, Poetry and Perception

I’ve recently started working from a new clinic and decided I wanted to have something on the wall that said something about what it is...

Possession: A Poetic Response

This poem was written by a patient following a treatment for a state of the body/mind called possession in the 5 Element tradition.

What is 5 Element Acupuncture ?

An introduction to the ideas and work of J.R. Worsley 5 Element acupuncture as practised in the West is a style of acupuncture formalised...

Five Element Acupuncture for Midsomer Norton, Radstock and the surrounding area