General Health

In the hands of a properly trained practitioner, acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine offer a safe and effective form of treatment, with few side effects. In most cases acupuncture can be used alongside conventional medicine in the treatment of both acute and chronic disease. Extensive clinical trials have been carried out, both in China and the West, into the efficacy of acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine in treating a wide range of diseases, and results have been very promising.  There is, however, relatively little data that conforms to the usual western medical standards of large-scale, double-bline, randomized, controlled tests, so its efficacy cannot yet be considered scientifically proven according to current ASA standards.  All references to research in this website must therefore be seen in this context