Chinese Medical Centre

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Acupuncture & Herbal Medicine

Acupuncture

Acupuncture is among the oldest healing practices in the world. As part of traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture aims to restore and maintain health through the stimulation of specific points on the body.

Acupuncture is based on a concept of balance and seeks to cure the causes of illnesses rather than symptoms. It involves the insertion of extermely fine, pre-steralized, stainless steel needels at pre-determined points on the body surface, at strategic points. The use of needles is virtually painless. The treatment can stimulate the body's own healing response and help restore it's natural balance.

Herbal Medicine

Chinese herbs are specially formulated in in Vhina and obtained from a wide variety of natural resources including plant leaves, berries, flowers and roots.

The formulas in use today are over 300 years old so they have been well tried and tested. The TCM practitioners prescribe combinations of herbs specifilly suited to treat you and your condition. The herbs are cooked and drunk as a decoction ("tea”) or taken in tablet form, to get to the root of the problem. The potential for no side effects make these remedies appealing, when compared with commercial drugs.