Mill Acupuncture

26/07/2025

Your tongue doesn’t lie 😛

When you come in for treatment, one of the first things I look at is your tongue.

It gives me clues about what’s going on inside — digestion, stress levels, circulation, inflammation…

Common signs I look for?
• Coating (thick, thin, yellow, white)
• Cracks
• Puffiness or teeth marks

It’s not about one “perfect” tongue. It’s about reading the whole picture — and helping your body get back into balance.

📸 (yes, I might ask to see your tongue at your first session!)

Curious what your tongue is saying?
Message me — or tap the link in bio to get started.

08/07/2025

Acupuncture + the Vagus Nerve 🧠⚡

The vagus nerve is like a superhighway between your brain and your body — helping regulate mood, digestion, heart rate, inflammation, and more.

When it’s not working well? You feel it.

The good news: acupuncture can help.

Stimulating certain points (especially around the ear, neck, and abdomen) can activate the vagus nerve — helping calm your nervous system and support healing from the inside out.

It’s one reason people often feel so calm after treatment.
And why acupuncture can help with so many things — from anxiety to gut issues to pain.

07/07/2025

So your vagus nerve might be struggling… now what?

Here are 2 simple ways to give it a nudge in the right direction:

💧 Cold water on your face
Yep — splash it on, or even better, finish your shower cold. It helps switch your nervous system from “fight or flight” to “rest and digest.”

🧘 Slow, deep breathing
Not just any breathing. Try a slow inhale for 4 seconds, and an even slower exhale for 6–8 seconds. This calms the body and tones the vagus nerve.

Small shifts. Big impact.
And if you’re really stuck in stress or symptoms, sometimes the vagus nerve needs a bit more targeted support.

But this is a great start.

30/06/2025

The number one thing is your mindset. If you believe you can’t become healthier or you keep telling yourself it won’t get better. You are going to have a tougher time.

Small action steps you can take

👉Be kind to yourself
👉Get outside and connect with nature.
👉Move more and move often.
👉Do not watch negative things of social media or TV

Remember small action steps lead to big changes

10/06/2025

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24/05/2025

Say whatttt….. 😱yes you heard that correct ✅ .

👉Most people think pain is the first thing you feel, but it’s not.

👉You often get numerous signs before pain comes knocking.

👉Compensation and adaptation options have ran out and guess what the GOLDEN BUZZER IS….PAIN 🤕

Pain is not punishment is and output signal and a request for change 😄.

👉that CHANGE could literally be anything

👉Like changing your diet
👉Moving more or moving differently
👉Changing who you hang round with or getting rid of toxic people.
👉Changing how you talk to yourself or changing what you say.

👉These are just a few examples of many

My job is to ask questions
👉Touch the body
👉understand how the body works
👉looking and understanding patient history

21/05/2025

👉Stress is one of the biggest drivers of chronic disease and health problems.

👉Most people who find me are already stuck in flight fight mode.

👉It’s my job to take you out of it.

👉Whether it’s chronic pain, skin issues, gut problems or unexplained fertility issues. You can bet the stress is going to be a big driver.

One of the reasons for therapeutic failure is people are doing too much too soon to an already overwhelmed nervous system.

I see people taking upwards of 10-30 supplements to help heal their gut and it’s doing nothing..

Why…… because the gut and nervous system are overloaded.

This is just one of example of many 😁

Bottom line…….Sometimes doing less is more, or you need to take things out to improve.

08/05/2025

When looking after your gut,
You must address

👉Blood flow/lymph flow stomach acid these are critical. Think stagnant fluids 💧. If you can’t get blood 🩸 flow to the gut. It just won’t heal.

👉Doing way too much 😳….. I see people taking a lot of supplements often more than 10. This is way too much pressure on the gut, and even though they may be good. It’s just way too much load on a stressed out system, and it’s probably not doing much.

👉You must take the body out of flight or fight mode. The vagus nerve must be worked if you want to restore your gut.

👉Who has a gut problem…..Everyone. Why? Because we are living on this planet, it’s called life.

29/04/2025

Boom 💥 The results are in 😊

👉This is the magic ✨ you can expect when you have a chronic skin problem.

👉Even I get surprised at what tailored approach can do.

👉The patient had been stuck like this for 6yrs. No amount of steroid creams or lotions cured it.

👉That’s because the problem is coming from inside the body. You need to help the gut and you will see amazing changes like this.

👉This took just 7 weeks to achieve this.

👉Do you know someone who has a chronic skin problem that is not responding to steroid creams or medication.

👉Tag them you may change their life.

Knowledge 💣 you have to be smarter when dealing with skin conditions.

The problem is an internal one. Start by being nice to your gut. Perhaps change you diet it may or may not help it’s all individual

28/04/2025

A Skin condition is never just a skin condition😳

👉it has roots in gut health, lymphatics and blood flow. 🩸

👉All skin conditions come from inside the body that’s why steroid creams largely do not provide long term results

👉Take a look at this patient, she has been like this for 6years, yikes

👉Chronic itching and burning the round the groin. Making her miserable. It’s been driving her nuts 🥜 😤

👉Has been on steroid creams for years and decided to stop using as in some case it was making the skin worse.

Specific Chinese herbal medicine has been used and boom💥 you are going to see the results tomorrow.

Equals a very happy patient. 🤗

Know someone who is miserable with a skin condition. Tag them you may change their life 😊

Online consultation are now up, so you can be anywhere in the uk and I can help you.

Visit www.mill-acupuncture.co.uk or message on here.

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22/04/2025

The vagus nerve, probably one of the most important nerves in the human body 😳.

But what does it do?

👉It control your bodies stress response like fight and flight.

👉So if you are stressed you might want to pay attention to it

👉The word vagus comes from the Latin word vagrant Or wandering nerve because it connects the brain to the gut.

👉if you have a gut issue pssst(that’s most people these days) 😳. Then you need to show it some love ❤️

👉You definitely need to pay attention to it to resolve/help things like IBS, autoimmune problems, colitis etc.

👉There are literally a ton of acupuncture points that stimulate the vagus nerve

👉2 really simple ways of stimulating the vagus nerve are

Singing/ humming will vibrate the vagus. That’s why singing feels good 😊 🎶🎤

Splashing ice cold water on your face will also stimulate the vagus. 🥶

Knowledge bomb💣

There are no better ways to stimulate the vagus, just different.

They all work, just some may be better suited to you than others. Try them all

Got a vagus nerve question 🙋 ask away

14/04/2025

How do you know you have a gut issue.

👉Well the easy answer is LIFE.

Modern day living is not great for the human being.

But what causes gut issues?

👉A big one is stress and what’s going on in your life.

👉Stress can decrease stomach acid production which is important for breaking down food and absorbing nutrients

👉It can push your body Into fight and flight mode. Making you run to the loo and create the sense of urgency to go.

My job is to take you out of that stressed state and calm your nervous system.

Knowledge 💣
Other signs of gut issues

👉swollen tongue or funky coatings 👅

👉increased need for sleep or not able to get enough sleep.💤

👉pain or aching all over the body 😣

👉constant tiredness.💤

👉bloating/bowel problems.

👉skin issues

👉I’ll chuck this one in as a bonus. I’ve never seen a migraine issue that doesn’t have some kind of gut issue.

Bottom line be nice to your stomach. Maybe watch the processed foods 😊