Traditional Acupunture is a comprehensively holistic medical system which offers far more than relief from headaches or help with weight control. Traditional acupuncture is a system of medicine based upon principles of balance and harmony within a person's whole being. In this light, disease, in whatever form it takes (Migraine, PMT, cancer, depression, asthma, angina, insomnia etc.) is seen as a symptom of an unbalanced system. An analogy may make this clearer: when a car doesn't start, you don't rush out and fit a new starter motor, instead you examine the whole engine to determine why the car won't start, perhaps the coil is gone or the battery is flat. the inability to start is a signal that the engine is out of order and putting the engine back into order is the skill of the mechanic. Similarly the skill of the acupuncturist is to see that the arthritis or the pain or the ulcer, etc., is the signal that the person's system is out of order and the best possible treatment plan is to put the system into better balance and order and so re-enable the body's immense capacity to repair itself. Treatment is aimed at re-balancing and re-harmonising a person's whole system, thus re-enabling nature's own healing processes to begin to repair and heal the person. Additionally, because the treatment is aimed at a person's whole system, not only does the main complaint improve, but also other, perhaps less worrying, problems improve.

What is Natural Healing?

Our health is governed, absolutely, by five principles:

1. Intake - what goes into our body.
2. Output - what comes out of our body.
3. Movement - movement of the whole body.
4. Circulation - circulation of body fluids.
5. Mental Attitude - our thoughts and emotions influence our health.

If we are ill in any way, it means that our body's ability to heal is impaired or inhibited and in order to become well again we must adjust these five principles so that the healing is able to take place. An example may make this clear: if there is a build-up of fluids within the body leading, perhaps, to: raised blood pressure, swollen ankles or gout, amongst a host of other possible symptoms, this would suggest some dysfunction of the kidney in processing and eliminating fluids. Improving kidney function will increase urinary 'OUTPUT' which will, in turn, bring about an improvement in the above symptoms. A Natural Healing way to improve kidney function is to increase water intake (bottled or filtered to the recommended minimum of 2 litres per day). An appropriate herbal remedy of fennel seed or dandelion root would also be helpful. Another example: for insomnia, the Natural Healing principles (INTAKE) are: reduce/cut out stimulants such as tea, coffee, coca-cola, sugar, aspartame and take sedative teas such as camomile, valerian, or hops. Also (MENTAL ATTITUDE) introduce meditations and relaxation exercises and avoid adrenalin-stimulating music/movies. Of course, some health complaints are more serious and more complicated, and then The Natural Healing Principles need to be combined with Herbal Medicines. This is where the skill of the medical herbalist becomes necessary, choosing the correct herbs, the correct dosages and frequency, herbal formulas that work well together as opposed to those that don't and of course, including the appropriate Natural Healing Regimes.

Allergy-testing, Mineral & Vitamin deficiency testing, Environmental Stress testing. Vega-testing is the name given to a testing procedure using a Vega machine, which enables an investigation into the functioning of a person's system. Vega-testing uses sophisticated electronics combined with the sciences of acupuncture and homoeopathy to determine such factors as food and environmental allergies, mineral and vitamin deficiencies, stressed organs, toxins in the body, and chronic stress factors. The testing procedure is simple and painless, and is carried out as follows: The patient holds an electrode in the hand and the practitioner uses a probe on an acupuncture point on the foot or the hand whilst ampoules of homoeopathically prepared substances are placed into the Vega-machine. Readings are taken and interpreted by the practitioner.

ALLERGY TESTING

The Vega Machine readings producing a positive or negative response. This is interpreted as an allergic or non-allergic reaction to the substance. Asthma, rhinitis, eczema, psoriasis, irritable bowel syndrome, headaches/migraines, depression, irritability, hyperactivity and many other symptoms besides can arise as an allergic/intolerant response. Once the allergens are know, then steps can be taken to reduce or eliminate exposure to the offending substance with a consequent improvement in health. However, allergies in themselves may not be the final answer, - being allergic should be seen as a symptom of a stressed system, and in this circumstance, identifying and resolving the stresses (stress factors include toxins, viruses, bacterial infections and nutritional deficiencies) will then result in reduced allergic response.

MINERAL & VITAMIN DEFICIENCIES

The Vega Machine's positive or negative result indicates whether or not there is a deficiency of a vitamin or a mineral. The test does not determine an excess, though there are means by which an excess can be determined. Mineral/vitamin shortages are more common than many people believe and there are three main factors in this situation. Firstly the modern diet is high in processed and refined foods and low in raw, whole foods. Every stage of food processing reduces the nutrients in the food - for example, up to 50% of the vitamin content is absent from tinned vegetables. In addition the consumption of sugar and other highly refined carbohydrates depletes the body of chromium and magnesium.

Secondly, conventional/chemical farming produces crops from soil that is topped up with only the minerals necessary for crop growth as opposed to the mineral variety present normally, animal feed is as deficient for the animals as processed food is for humans. And thirdly, most people do not eat the World Health Organisation recommended minimum of five servings of fresh fruit and vegetables per day. It is easy to see why mineral and vitamin deficiencies are so common, and considering that vitamin/mineral excesses also cause problems, correct supplementation, if needed, is important.

ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSES

Environmental stresses are obscure, myriad and largely ignored by orthodox medicine. Recent years have seen the health of the UK population deteriorating, despite more and more money poured into the NHS, more and more drugs are hitting the market, more and more billions spent on cancer research - yet more and more people get cancer, new diseases are appearing (M.E., Aids, necrotising fasciitis, hepatitis type H, J, L, . . . Z etc.), old diseases are re-appearing more virulent than ever before. The missing factor may well be environmental stresses such as mercury, lead or aluminium, pesticides/fungicides and other poisons from food and the environment, electromagnetic stresses (from our technology), parasite infestation (from the water or the food chain). These things are difficult to diagnose clinically but a full Vega-test can determine whether these and other factors are present.

The Kosmed Treatment System, "Kosmed" for short, represents a breakthrough approach to stimulating, non-invasively, the human body into self-healing. The Kosmed device looks like a TV remote control unit, and is powered by a 9V battery, it has a small bi-polar electrode at the business end. The Kosmed device works by applying small electrical impulses to the human skin, in patterns and in places determined with the help of its biofeedback function.

These impulses travel to the central nervous system, which then releases a variety of neuropeptides, which trigger internal self-healing and regeneration processes.

The biofeedback process means that the device's initial impulses trigger responses in the body which changes the devices on-going impulses making the Kosmed Treatment System truly dynamic, and directly responsive to the body's needs.

The effects of treatment are fast, intense and long lasting. Treatments not only tackle the presenting symptoms, they assist in improving the body state in general. A common "side-effect" of a specific treatment is that it may impact positively on other disorders. Russian medics, many with almost 2 decades of experience with the System and tens of thousands patients under their care, claim that the technology behind Kosmed consistently provides pain relief; regulates and normalises body functions; accelerates the resolution of pathological processes and diminishes symptoms; reduces inflammation and allergic reactions; improves blood vessel tone together with hormone and immune status; and often stimulates recovery in situations previously regarded as hopeless and incurable.

Statistics provided by the Russian practitioners indicate major positive results with the Kosmed technology in the following categories of disorders (percentages are "absolute recoveries" claimed) - musculo-skeletal (79%); circulatory (82%); respiratory (84%); gastro-intestinal (93%); male genito-urinary (89%); female genito-urinary & obstretics (78%); central nervous system (81%); ear & mastoid (82%); eye & adnexa (93%); mouth, salivary glands & jaw (91%).

FEES Allergy Testing £35 Mineral/Vitamin deficiency testing £35 Consultation £65 Subsequent Consult £32 Pre-dental Assessment £40 Full health check £110 (£90) for practitioners