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Interview with BAcC member Deb Connor on digital TV channel, Shine. Deb answers questions such as how does traditional acupuncture work, its safety (especially for pregnant women), what to expect during a treatment, and what conditions it helps - including depression, digestion and headaches. Deb also demonstrates how fine the sterile acupuncture needles are and how they are used.
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Yours.co.uk, an online community for the over 50s, recommends traditional acupuncture for back pain together with exercise and an egonomic workstation.

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Slim at Home magazine (October 2009) looks at the use of acupuncture, hypnotherpay and NLP to aid weight loss. BAcC member Lisa Sherman is quoted, explaining traditional acupuncture's focus on treating the whole person by identifying underlying disharmony and helping rebalance all the body's systems including digestion, appetite and metabolic rate.

Women's Weekly (29 September 2009) looks at the impact of the NICE guidelines on the provision of CAM treatments for pack pain. Reporter Tanya Spriggs reviews the main therapies now available on the NHS including traditional acupuncture, with the prediciton that it may take up to a year before treatments become available on the NHS.
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Knock migraines on the head - acupuncture and migraines

*In the UK 5.85 million adults suffer with migraines and 190,000 people at any one time experience a migraine attack.

A migraine is a headache involving recurrent attacks that can last up to three days and sufferers may also experience double vision, nausea and vomiting. Migraines are often thought to be caused by emotional strain, stress, hormonal imbalances, and lack of food and/or sleep or by a reaction to some foods or medications.

Acupuncture works

Traditional acupuncture treats the whole person, body and mind, and not just symptoms. It's been researched, refined and developed for centuries.

Acupuncture is now widely used and accepted all over the world.

Can traditional acupuncture help you?

Did you know?

Traditional acupuncture is part of the healthcare system in China.

A 5,000-year-old mummy found in the Alps, named Ötzi, has tattoos on acupuncture points. Some historians believe acupuncture was widely practised in Eurasia during the Bronze Age.

BAcC responds to NICE guidelines re acupuncture for back pain on the NHS

The British Acupuncture Council, the UK's largest professional body for the practice of acupuncture, fully supports NICE's (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence) decision that acupuncture be made available on the NHS for chronic lower back pain.

Acupuncture in action

Get an idea of what we do and why it’s so safe.

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