Alex Turner Acupuncture & Shiatsu

21/11/2021

Acupuncture as a Therapeutic Treatment of Cancer Pain
🔗 https://www.evidencebasedacupuncture.org/acupuncture-cancer-pain/

👉 Acupuncture’s mechanisms for treating cancer pain are thought to be similar to those for treating other painful conditions, whether the pain is categorised as acute or chronic.

✅ Chiu, H. Y., Hsieh, Y. J., & Tsai, P. S. (2017). Systematic review and meta-analysis of acupuncture to reduce cancer-related pain. European journal of cancer care, 26(2), 10.1111/ecc.12457.

🧐 36 trials and over 2200 randomised patients. They found a moderate effect size of acupuncture on cancer-related pain, and concluded that “acupuncture is effective in relieving cancer-related pain, particularly malignancy-related and surgery-induced pain.”

✅ Studies have indicated that acupuncture is a feasible and safe treatment and may successfully be used to treat cancer patients for symptom management due to the low risks associated with its use...read more on the evidence summary at www.evidencebasedacupuncture.org 👍

11/01/2021

An excellent explanation by neurophysiologist Charlie Buck, on why acupuncture is an extremely useful medical model in the todays world!

those in the know accept that acupuncture and chinese medicine is effective but reject the traditional theory and diagnostics - its 'explanantory model'. In ...

07/11/2020

Please come and join my friendly and easy to do qigong classes.
Free to all who are effected by cancer! Just register on the PBUK website.

Thursday and Friday's online sessions. For more information and to book go to https://bit.ly/320mKXJ

05/08/2020

I will be running an online Qigong class for health and wellbeing every Thursday at 10.30am via Penny Brohn UK. There is a Free intro class on the 6th Aug then £5/class.
All levels welcome.
Please email me daikualex@yahoo.co.uk to receive the link for registration.
Qigong has been known to benefit people suffering depression and anxiety, as well as hypertension and stress.

10/05/2020

A student asked to his master: "You teach me fighting but you talk about peace. How do you reconcile the two?"
The master replied: " It's better to be a warrior in the garden than to be a gardener in war.

26/04/2020

According to Chinese folklore, an abundant Wisteria signifies long life, love, expanding consciousness, bliss and tenderness. Good job I have this beauty in my garden 🙏

20/04/2020

In acupuncture we observe the sparkle in the eyes and the ability to make eye contact.
It’s where our Shen or the Spirit of our Heart and inner vitality radiates, shines and sparkles. In Classical Chinese Medical texts this is called Shen Ming which is likened to the glow and radiance of Fire. With this sparkle comes a calm and settled Mind. When the Mind and Heart are settled we can just be, needing to do nothing but be ourselves in authenticity and influencing simply, yet far and wide. My new lockdown feline friend came to remind me of this today.