This article was written by Luminita Andreescu, Acupuncture specialist
In my years of practice, I helped hundreds of patients restore their health through Acupuncture. In many cases the results exceeded expectations in situation which seemed impossible to treat:
- Severe anxiety
- Migraines
- Sciatica
- Epilepsy
- Cancer
- Infertility and many others…
Over the years I came to the conclusion that many people are not per se against trying the benefits of acupuncture but rather they are not aware of how it works and, implicitly, how some tiny needles can alleviate or even treat symptoms that powerful chemicals (medication) cannot.
Here is a list of some recent case studies from my practice, which I believe they are relevant to understand some of the benefits of acupuncture:
- 47 years old male, diagnosis of bladder cancer on chemotherapy. He came for acupuncture treatment, referred to me by a friend. He was not very hopeful, having a very scientific oriented mind. However he was extremely committed. He came for treatment every single week for a year. After 5 months his first scan showed no tumour. After another 5 months, the scan could still not find any tumour anymore, after 3 more months he was discharged from the NHS. Amazing result. He is leading a happy and fulfilled life.
- Italian lady, a bit overweight, suffering from sciatica for over twenty years. She came to my clinic following a suggestion from her husband, who was a very happy patient of mine. The week after the first treatment, she came to me and asked me in a very specific Italian way “What on earth did you do to me? I did not have any pain by the time I went to bed that night. It never happened to me anything like this with the treatments from my doctor”. She was sciatica free after a short course of acupuncture from me.
- 67 years old lady, Pilates and yoga enthusiast with a diagnosis of vertigo. She was referred to my clinic by her physiotherapist, with a mix of curiosity and hope, not much of the latter I would add. Background history of high blood pressure. A few sessions into the treatment, now she is in the phase 2 of the treatment plan, she told me she is trying to “find” the vertigo, and she can’t anymore and her high blood pressure has long since normalised.
- 63 years old lady, came to me initially for a knee pain. Background history of high blood pressure and cerebral palsy on the left side of the face. A few sessions into the treatment plan, she is also in phase 2, she told me that she needed to go to Specsavers to change her glasses after breaking them. Tests were done and redone and the optician was confused about what had happened, especially at her age. Her prescription decreased from 2.5 to 2. She is extremely happy and grateful that she started the treatment with acupuncture especially that her initial health problem is long forgotten. Her blood pressure normalised as well and now, she is thinking of starting cosmetic acupuncture for a few wrinkles she has on the face.
This list could be much longer. I hope I managed to convey some of the benefits acupuncture can offer. You might be surprised and grateful of the results, like many others before you.
I trained in International College of Oriental Medicine, and I remember one of my teachers was always asking “Why?” when we explained something. This shaped me to be a very inquisitive practitioner, and I will spend 90 min with you on our first session to understand where your problem is coming from through a very in-depth questionnaire, to explain my findings with you, to draw a treatment plan and to do the first Acupuncture treatment. You will go home feeling “different”.