Chinese Medicine

Chinese Medicine treats symptoms that western medicine finds difficult to cure, by treating the underlying cause of disease. Have you ever visited your GP complaining of tiredness, bloating or muscle aches only to be told that you may just need rest? Or that results from your medical are inconclusive? This is where Chinese Medicine excels; by treating you as an individual.

Acupuncture is highly effective in the following areas:

	Gynaecology: Painful Mestrualation, Menopausal Symptoms and Infertility
	Dermatology: Acne, Dry & Itchy skin, Psoriasis, Eczema, clearing the skin tone and age related skin conditions
	Disturbed sleeping patterns
	Treating pain: Repetitive Strain Injury, Migrains and Sciatica
	Assists the body by strengthening the immunity, thus avoiding colds and flu
	Keeping Asthma and Heyfever at bay
	Regulating the matabolism to assist digestion, cease sugar cravings and thus aid in weight loss
	Male fertility issues

The World Health Organization has listed the following conditions to be treatable with Chinese medicine

Gynaecological and Obstetric conditions, Acute Sinusitis, Common Cold, Gastritis, Constipation and Diarrhoea, Headaches and Migraines, Sciatica, Lower Back Pain, Frozen Shoulder, Osteoarthritis.

A study in Nov. 2003- Dec. 2004 showed that using Chinese herbal medicine resulted in increased success rates in pregnancy (Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Feb 2006).

"Improving the odds of IVF" - view this story on the ABC's Catalyst program here.