Acupuncture

Acupuncture on the basis of traditional Chinese medicine is becoming an indispensable part of modern internal medicine and pain management. Acupuncture activates the body’s self-repair mechanisms and therefore promotes health.

Ear or by classical Chinese acupuncture can be used to treat a wide variety of diseases, especially those caused by impaired organ function. When structures or tissues are destroyed, e.g. severe osteoarthritis, acupuncture may only relieve symptoms. Neither acupuncture is able to dissolve gallstones or kidney stones nor can it heal broken bones, but it can take away the pain after an operation.

In our experience, acupuncture is used with very good results in:
INTERNAL DISORDERS
• Functional heart disease
• Asthma and bronchitis
• Impotence
• Functional gastrointestinal disorders
• Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis

CIRCULATORY DISORDERS
• Headache and migraine
• Trigeminal neuralgia
• Facial nerve paralysis
• Paralysis after stroke
• Allergy (hay fever)
• Inflammation of the nose and sinuses
• Hearing loss, balance problems, tinnitus (eg Meniere’s disease)
• Smoking Cessation
• Inflammation of the optic nerve, retina

ORTHOPEDIC DISORDERS
• Neck pain and neck stiffness (eg after whiplash)
• Shoulder pain and shoulder stiffness
• Shoulder and arm pain
• Tennis and golf elbow
• Disorders of tendons
• Chronic back pain
• Lumbago (lower back pain)
• Sciatica (even with disc lesion)
• Ankle and heel pain
• Arthritis Pain
• Athlete diseases
• Rheumatism

GYNECOLOGICAL DIDEASES
• Menstrual Disorders
• Discomfort during menopause
• Infertility and childbirth preparation

OTHERS
• chronic fatigue syndrome
• Obesity and nicotine addiction, drug rehabilitation

In emergency situations acupuncture may be used for headaches, chest pain, biliary colic, renal colic, toothache, asthma attacks – but only in addition to the usual conventional medical treatment.