Conditions Treated
Acupuncture improves your health and well-being on a holistic level, and as such it can help with a wide range of ailments.
Acupuncture works by inserting needles into the body's energy pathways, releasing blockages and stimulating the flow of energy to specific organs. As a result, your ability to heal yourself is activated. Typically, you will feel better in yourself first, and relief of your symptoms follows after. How long this takes is often related to how long you have had the problems.
Specialist Areas
Mary has particular expertise in these specialist areas. Click to learn more:
Pregnancy
Supporting mother and baby from conception through to birth, treating common pregnancy complaints at every trimester.
Fertility
Supporting natural conception with acupuncture to improve hormone balance, egg quality, and overall reproductive health.
IVF & Assisted Conception
Specialist support throughout your IVF, IUI, or ICSI cycle - from preparation through to the two-week wait.
Menopause & Perimenopause
Managing hot flushes, sleep difficulties, mood changes, and other menopausal symptoms with acupuncture.
Cosmetic Acupuncture
A natural, non-invasive alternative to cosmetic surgery - reduce fine lines, improve skin tone and firmness.
Nourishing Life
Ongoing wellness care, seasonal treatments, and facial rejuvenation to maintain health and support self-care.
The British Acupuncture Council has compiled research documents into the effective treatment of acupuncture and currently lists a number of health conditions acupuncture can treat.
In addition the World Health Organisation (WHO) has a PDF of research dedicated to Acupuncture. Specifically they list the symptoms or conditions for which acupuncture has been effective in controlled trials:
- Allergic rhinitis (hay fever)
- Biliary colic
- Depression
- Dysmenorrhoea
- Facial pain
- Headache
- Hypertension
- Hypotension
- Induction of labour
- Knee pain
- Leukopenia
- Lower back pain
- Morning sickness
- Nausea and vomiting
- Neck pain
- Pain in dentistry
- Periarthritis of shoulder
- Postoperative pain
- Renal colic
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Sciatica
- Sprain
- Stroke
- Tennis elbow
Clinical evidence
In 2021, NICE - the body that sets clinical guidelines for the NHS - recommended acupuncture as one of three non-medication options for managing chronic primary pain.