Posts By: Jane Broughton

Should I get acupuncture if I’m not sick? This is a question people often ask. For more than 2,500 years practitioners of acupuncture & Oriental medicine (OM) have emphasized the importance of preventative medicine rather than waiting until disease begins. Yang-sheng is the preventative branch of OM, yang-sheng means to ‘nourish life’. The tradition of drinking bone broth to nourish wellbeing comes from the yang- sheng branch of OM.

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Traditional Chinese Medicine is a medical system thousands of years old and incorporates many different modalities. TCM theory emphasizes that Mother Nature provides the right kind of food for the right kind of environment. For instance, if the weather is cold, then warming, nutrient-dense foods are best for the body. Likewise, when summer rolls around, it is best to partake of cooling foods and foods abundant during this season.

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Dear Patients,

Notting Hill Acupuncture is fully re-opened in compliance with the British Acupuncture Council’s Guidelines and have taken a number of steps to provide a Covid Secure and safe environment for our patients.
You will be asked to wash your hands and your temperature will be taken upon arrival.

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