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Mackay Acupuncture Natural Medicine features 6 clinic rooms and a well-stocked herbal apothecary. We are located downstairs at 15 Peel St Mackay

At Mackay Acupuncture, Dr. Mark McAuliffe (Acupuncturist) just wants to get you well. He has many years of experience to help you with your health concerns. Since 1980 he has practiced Bodywork and the modalities he has mastered and now uses in the clinic are Acupuncture, Craniosacral Therapy, Bowen Therapy, Reiki, Trager, Structural Alignment, and Cupping. It was in 1990 that Mark became a Reiki Master and he has been a registered Acupuncturist and Doctor of Chinese Medicine since 1998. For 5 years Mark was a senior lecturer at the Australian College of Natural Medicine, Queensland in Chinese Medicine. The subjects he taught were Acupuncture Point Location, Chinese Medicine Philosophy, Chinese Dietetics Nutrition, Chinese Herbal Medicine, Chinese Medical Pathology, Differential Diagnosis and he was a Clinic Supervisor for final year students. Mark has been fortunate to study with great masters in Australia, Nepal and Vietnam. He has seen many thousands of patients and has become adept with many western and eastern healing methods. Mark has also studied spirituality and meditation methods of non duality and self realization with the guidance of great masters from Tibet, India and Burma in the Dzogchen contemplation and Vipassana mindfulness traditions.

10/01/2026

🌿 Big news for our Mackay Acupuncture community! 🌿

We’re so excited to welcome Dr Laura Bell (Acupuncturist) to our clinic, starting her first day on Tuesday, 24th February.

Laura brings a calm, compassionate approach to acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine, with advanced training in Neoclassical Acupuncture. She enjoys supporting patients with fertility and women’s health, pain, stress, digestion, sleep, hormonal balance and overall wellbeing.

✨ With Laura joining our team, we’ll now be open 6 days a week, giving you more flexibility and appointment availability.

📅 Appointments available from Tuesday afternoon 24th February.
📲 To book, contact Eve, our AI receptionist, on 0448 000 957 or visit our website:
👉 https://mackayacupuncture.com.au/

02/12/2025

Curious what your first visit with us looks like? We’ve created a simple guide to help you feel comfortable and prepared — check it out!

What to Expect at Your Visit At Mackay Acupuncture Natural Medicine, we want you to feel comfortable, informed and cared for from the moment you decide to book. This page explains what to expect before, during and after your sessions, so you can arrive feeling relaxed and at ease. Dr. McAuliffe + Dr...

11/11/2025

Price Update for 2026

We’re making a small adjustment to our appointment fees from January 1 to continue offering the highest standard of care at our premium healing clinic, along with the complimentary supports our patients love, including medicated pain patches and calming eye masks.

From January 12th:
• Standard appointments: $120
• Pensioner and student appointments: $100

New patient appointments will remain at $120.

Thank you for your understanding and for being part of our healing community. We look forward to supporting your health in 2026.

Warm regards,
Dr Mark McAuliffe & Team
Mackay Acupuncture Natural Medicine

20/10/2025

Neoclassical Acupuncture really does create an understanding of the 3 dimensional invisible energetic structure that harmonises the body

25/09/2025

FAQs: How Long Does It Take to Get Someone Well?

I’m often asked by patients and other practitioners: “How many treatments does it usually take to get someone well?”

Here’s a real-time case study from just last week that I think is an amazing result.

This patient has a history of back surgery and recently undergone 16 Tung style Acupuncture sessions elsewhere (using around 30 needles with electrotherapy each time) with no improvement. She was referred to me by her doctor.
After a One-Needle Branches Treatment with sweepers in the Advanced Neoclassical Acupuncture (NCA) style, plus a short Gestalt reframe, she walked away 85% better in just 25 minutes. Two follow-up sessions, spaced 2–3 days apart, confirmed the result: by the third treatment she was completely pain-free — after years of ongoing pain.

These kinds of outcomes are not unusual after almost four years of dedicated practice in NCA.

What I’ve Learned

I focus on treating the NCA pattern, not just chasing symptoms.

About 10% of patients don’t respond — and if there’s no improvement after 5 treatments, I’ll refer them on to another modality.

Around 10% get better after just one treatment.

For most patients, seeing them twice a week for two weeks has made a huge difference in outcomes.

Final Thought

While not every case resolves this quickly, Neoclassical Acupuncture continues to surprise me with the depth and speed of healing it can unlock when we work with the body’s blueprint rather than just the surface symptoms.

If you’ve been living with pain that won’t shift, there is another way forward. 💚

12/08/2025

How does NCA work. Patients always ask this question so hopefully this simple explanation can help

Your place to rest, relax and heal. Mackay Acupuncture Natural Medicine- Dr Mark McAuliffe How Neoclassical Acupuncture Works: Treating the Root Cause and the Symptoms in One Session Fertility |

16/06/2025

Please note that we will be conducting contemplation and meditation classes every other Tuesday upon our return from Bhutan.

We will also be offering a Reiki 1 and 2 course on the last weekend of July. Please let us know if you are interested.

12/06/2025

Here we are our last evening in Bhutan at Olathang hotel celebrating 50 years as the oldest hotel in Paro. Very kindly we were upgraded to the Royal suite where the King and Queen of Bhutan and other royals stay. So now Beth gets to sit in the King and Queens seats which is seen as a huge blessing in the Kingdom of Bhutan .

11/06/2025

Beth is meditating in the same seat the second Buddha Padmasambhava sat in 800 A.D at Goen Tshephu Ney a sacred secret cave where he saw a vision of Amitayus long life buddha in Punakha Valley. He came here from Maratika in Nepal. We were able to practice Song of the Vajra in his meditation cave. Now that's amazing!

03/06/2025

Had a wonderful day working and treating patients at Bhutan's National Traditional Medicine Hospital in the Acupuncture department all with 1 needle NCA treatments. Everyone (Resident Doctors, patients and myself) were delighted with the outstanding results. All the doctors who used 30 needles a treatment thought it was magical to see someone free of their pain in 10 seconds. The idea of being able to access elements through palpation really intrigued them

02/06/2025

Now that's a huge 54m Dordenma Buddha in Thimpu Bhutan

08/01/2025

Here is the clinic at 95% finished and ready to go for our patients next Tuesday. A huge thankyou to my wife Bethrene for her 30 yrs experience and knowledge as one of the best interior designers in Australia to transcend this space

Address

15 Peel Street
Mackay, QLD
4740

Telephone

+61448000957

Website

https://mackayacupuncture.com.au/

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At Mackay Acupuncture, the Director of the clinic, Mark McAuliffe just wants to get you well. He has many years of experience to help you with your health concerns. Since 1980 he has practiced Massage and Bodywork and modalities he has mastered and now uses in the clinic are Acupuncture, Craniosacral Therapy, Bowen Therapy, Reiki, Trager, Structural Alignment and Cupping. It was in 1990 that Mark became a Reiki Master and he has been a registered Acupuncturist and Doctor of Chinese Medicine since 1998.

For 5 years Mark was a senior lecturer at Australian College of Natural Medicine, Queensland in Chinese Medicine. The subjects he taught were Acupuncture Point Location, Chinese Medicine Philosophy, Chinese Dietetics Nutrition, Chinese Herbal Medicine, Chinese Medical Pathology, Differential Diagnosis and he was a Clinic Supervisor for final year students.

Mark has been fortunate to study with great masters in Australia, Nepal and Vietnam. He has seen thousands of patients and has become adept with many western and eastern healing methods. Mark has also studied spirituality and meditation methods of non duality and self realization with the guidance of great masters from Tibet, India and Burma in the Dzogchen contemplation and Vipassana mindfulness traditions.