How and why acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine help you so well

Acupuncture or Chinese herbal medicine, referred to as traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), is a complete system of medicine that is natural, powerful, holistic, and effective for many conditions.

Chinese herbal medicine can be traced back to at least 5,000 years, which makes it one of the oldest and most long-standing health care systems in the world. Acupuncture on the other hand, has a recorded history of at least 2,000 years.

Throughout that time, empirical evidence with extensive clinical testing and scientific studies have ensured its tradition and clinical experience are rich, unique and proven effective.

Recommended by the World Health Organisation, TCM is the oldest medical system in the world that is still in use today. Treatment involves one or a combination of acupuncture, herbs, moxibustion, cupping, remedial massage, breathing and meditation exercises such as tai chi, dao yin, chi kung or kung fu. The key is to apply the best combination of techniques that will give the best results for the patient.

In TCM, finding out how your whole body functions means taking into account your physiological, emotional and mental activities... all of which are constantly changing in response to internal and external factors.

Treatments are given with the aim of resolving illness, restoring well-being, maintaining good health and preventing future illness.

To Chinese medicine, a human being is a living unity, a field for the action and interaction of the invisible forces of life. The harmony of these vital forces within us is revealed by the health of our whole body, their disharmony by its disease, their disappearance by its death.

So the aim of the TCM doctor is to correct the imbalances of the vital forces in the body. Once the harmonious interplay of these forces is restored, the patient is then able to overcome pain and illness.

TCM works with your body to help it recover from what you, your lifestyle and your environment have been doing to it over time. That’s why Dr Pier Tsui-Po does more. He also offers other techniques, such as diet modification or specific healing exercises that supplement your TCM treatment.

Believe it or not, your body is quite intelligent and knows the way forward to health. The problem is that most people either don’t hear their body speaking to them, or if they do, they choose to ignore it.

TCM treatment aims to help you hear what your body is telling you.

While specifically treating both the cause and symptoms of illness, Pier Tsui-Po places special emphasis on the treatment of your whole person. This ensures that you do not become of secondary importance to the condition which you present on the day of your treatment.

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