What is Acupuncture? Acupuncture is probably the first therapy that patients think of when they consider seeking Traditional Chinese Medical healing. As one of the commonest and certainly one of the oldest types of Chinese medical therapies, acupuncture has gained international recognition in recent decades as western scientific research increasingly corroborates what TCM practitioners have known for millenia – acupuncture is a technique that has provable therapeutic benefits. Acupuncture is actually a range of procedures all of which involve stimulating anatomical points or meridians on the body using different techniques. The most common and well known technique involves delicately piercing the skin with fine, metal needles by hand. However, acupuncture can also include electro-acupuncture in which the needles are stimulated by electrical current, ear acupuncture,cupping, and moxibustionin which the mugwort herb is burned on the end of the acupuncture needles. Acupuncture needles are so extremely thin and tiny that patients experience practically no discomfort when the needles are inserted. Although research is still ongoing to try to understand how acupuncture works, it appears on a physiological level that the insertion of the needles causes body processes and functions to physically change so that energy flows smoothly and balance is restored. The Best of Chinese Medicine offers targeted acupuncture treatments to help correct: joint and muscle pain, fertility and sterility problems, manage weight issues and for facial rejuvenation.

What is Massage Therapy?

Massage in all its various forms is an excellent, non-invasive, gentletherapy that aids relaxation, alleviates mental stress and can help to relieve the everyday discomfort of overworked muscles, strained joints and ligaments and different types of chronic aches and pains. If massage therapy starts soon after injury it can also help limit scar tissue and prevent other muscles from overcompensating for the trauma-affected joint.

What is it?
There are many conveniences in today’s modern world but without a doubt environmental pollution and everyday stress as a result of the fast pace of living takes its toll on the health of our minds and bodies. In addition, food preservatives and other chemical additives and toxins in our water compound the issue and negatively impact our well being and appearance. Our bodies may be able to cope for a while with expelling these unwanted elements through the regular excretory channels, but sometimes when we feel generally run-down or not quite 100% it may be that our physical systems need a boost to eliminate toxins more rapidly and more effectively. If you are experiencing any of the following symptoms, ionic detoxification may be an effective treatment for you:
Tiredness, Headache,Nausea, Poor Sleep, Constipation, Thrush, Candida, Sluggishness, Allergies, Difficulty Waking up, Stress, Wrinkles, Hormone imbalance, Depression, Bags under the eyes, Anxiety, Dull skin, Mouth ulcers, Spots and acne, Eczema or psoriasis, Lowered immunity, Overweight, Age Spots, or general malaise.

How does ionic detoxification work ?
You may already have experienced the beneficial energizing effects of walking barefoot along the beach or the edge of the sea. While you are walking, your feet are absorbing billions of negatively charge ions through the pores, which then exert an alkalizing effect on our blood which in turn gets carried by circulation to all our tissues and organs.

Ionic detoxification works in much the same way, only in a more concentrated, efficient manner through electrolysis. You will be asked to sit with your feet in a warm bath of water to which a small amount of salt has been added. A very small electric charge is passed into the water which causes the H2O molecules to separate into negative ions (-OH) and positive (+O) ions.As the negative ions move through the water they are absorbed through the pores’ membrane into the blood by osmosis, the process by which charged ions pass from an area of high concentration to an area of lower concentration, and vice versa. This interchange of electrical energy is what enables the toxins to move from your body into the water and has the effect of balancing the body’s positive and negative charges which in turn allows the smooth flow of qi and leads to inner harmony and balance. Traditional Chinese Medicine believes that only when the body is in a balanced state can the process of healing begin.