psychological & emotional care
Traditional Chinese medicine has recognised for millennia that our emotions, our physical and our mental states are inextricably linked. Acupuncture (and herbal medicine where appropriate) is a means not only for healing physical disorders but also for resolving underlying psychological and emotional disorders. It can lighten depression, ease grief, reduce anxiety and weaken the effects of shock. In fact, in the treatment of depression, acupuncture has been found to be comparable to the drug amitriptyline, but without the side effects. Traditional Chinese medicine is also a very useful adjunct to psychological therapies or pharmaceutical treatments.