Why Choose Acupuncture?

From emotional (depression, stress), to psychological (schizophrenia, dementia), to physical (migraine, muscle sprains) ailments, acupuncture helps the body heal itself.

針灸幫助身體自我療癒, 由裡到外, 從情緒（憂鬱、壓力）到心理（精神分裂症、失智症），再到生理（偏頭痛、肌肉扭傷)

In Eastern medicine, acupuncture is commonly administered in hospitals as a method of treatment. Here in Canada it’s often associated with physiotherapy, but it can treat so much more.

In 1979 the World Health Organization (WHO) published a list of conditions proven to respond to Acupuncture, including:

Neurological and Musculo-Skeletal:

  • Headache and migraine

  • Trigeminal neuralgia

  • Facial palsy

  • “Frozen shoulder”

  • “Tennis elbow”

  • Sciatica

  • Low-back pain

  • Pareses following a stroke

  • Peripheral neuropathies

  • Sequelae of poliomyelitis

  • Meniere’s disease

  • Nocturnal enuresis (bedwetting)

  • Intercostal neuralgia

  • Cervicobrachial syndrome

  • Osteoarthritis

Mental-Emotional:

  • Anxiety

  • Depression

  • Stress

  • Insomnia

Gastro-Intestinal:

  • Constipation

  • Diarrhea

  • Spasms of the esophagus and cardia

  • Gastroptosis

  • Acute and chronic gastritis

  • Gastric hyperacidity

  • Acute/Chronic duodenal ulcer

  • Acute and chronic colitis

  • Paralytic ileus

Eye:

  • Acute conjunctivitis

  • Central retinitis

  • Myopia (in children)

  • Cataract (without complications)

Upper Respiratory Tract:

  • Common Cold

  • Acute sinusitis

  • Acute rhinitis

  • Acute Tonsillitis

Respiratory System:

  • Acute bronchitis

  • Bronchial asthma (most effective in children and in patients without complicating diseases)

Acupuncture is also effective at treating:

  • Adverse reactions to radiotherapy and chemotherapy

  • Blood pressure problems

  • Breech position in pregnancy

  • Induction of labor

  • Arthritis

  • Addiction (alcohol, drugs, smoking)

  • Carpel tunnel syndrome

  • Fibromyalgia

  • Irritible bowel syndrome

  • Urinary tract infections