Digestive Complaints
Acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine can help regulate a number of digestive processes, leaving you free to enjoy food with friends and family, and eat some of those treats!
Figuring out what is causing digestive upsets can be very confusing. Is it particular foods? fatigue? stress? temperature? In some cases people feel the causes of digestive upset can change by the day!
Depending on your needs, we offer acupuncture, moxibustion, a number of Chinese herbal formula (capsule form) as well as lifestyle and food advice. The treatment we recommend you will depend on your prevailing symptoms. Book in for a consultation and see if Chinese medicine can help you with digestive related disorders.
Additional Reading & Research
Effectiveness of acupuncture to treat irritable bowel syndrome: A meta-analysis
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3930986/
Acupuncture improves the symptoms, intestinal microbiota, and inflammation of patients with mild to moderate Crohn's disease: A randomized controlled trial
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35198926/
Acupuncture for the treatment of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28689187
The effect of Xiang-Sha-Liu-Jun-Zi tang (XSLJZT) on irritable bowel syndrome: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
www.pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31009707/
Electroacupuncture for patients with diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome or functional diarrhea
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4998466/
Brain-Gut Axis Modulation of Acupuncture in Functional Dyspepsia: A Preliminary Resting-State fcMRI Study
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4655049/
Acupuncture for Adults with Diarrhea-Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome or Functional Diarrhea: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7705439/
The Effectiveness of Acupuncture in Management of Functional Constipation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32655664/
Acupuncture Relieves Opioid-Induced Constipation in Clinical Cancer Therapy - A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34629905/