Morning Star Acupuncture Ashbourne and Sandycove

03/12/2024

Morning Star Acupuncture Ashbourne has moved! We are now located in Frederick House, Frederick St, Ashbourne. Directly across from the entrance to the church car park. Appointments are available on Tuesday afternoon and evening, Wednesday through the day and Friday afternoon.

17/10/2024

Some more comments from recent clients and details of how I went about helping them:

Client with stress and also migraines and pms at period time: "I am feeling much better and feel that I've turned a corner with the migraines and stress management. I virtually have no pms symptoms this month. Thank you for all the help and support with this, it has been amazing and very insightful."

Client with marked shoulder pain for 9 months with no relief from numerous other treatments (comment after his second treatment): "just a quick text to say shoulder feels an awful lot better today. 80% less pain than normal."

Client with sudden hearing loss mentioned in a previous post: "The ear is doing great"

The treatment in all of these cases was heavily informed by Chinese Medicine Pulse Diagnosis, which I have invested a lot of time in learning from Dr Jimmy Chang - one of the most well regarded pulse diagnosis masters worldwide. A correct understanding of the pulse, through how it feels in various points near the wrist, can allow a practitioner to quickly understand dis-harmonies in the client's system and devise a treatment plan to bring balance and a return to health.

The use of moxibustion (moxa) - the burning of mugwort herb near the body in order to allow the correct flow of energy and blood - was crucial in the last two cases.

In the shoulder pain case this helped open up the client's spine (which pulse diagnosis showed was blocked), bringing energy up to his shoulder (in a healthy body energy will travel up the spine and be distributed to different parts of the body). In my opinion the pain was caused because energy and hence blood flow to his shoulder was very poor, leading to weakness and cold getting in to the joint. This meant that his shoulder couldn't manage regular gym sessions and sporting activities and got painful. The use of moxa helped clear the coldness and promote the correct flow of energy and blood to his shoulder.

In the hearing loss case, the client's pulse showed that there was a weakness, and again cold, in his spleen. The use of moxa again opened up his spine and allowed a healthy flow of energy to his spleen producing instant and prolonged improvement in his hearing.

If you are having health problems, or pain and would like help please contact me on:

087 7624 336

info@morningstaracupuncture.ie

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19/09/2024

Some comments from clients I am treating, or have treated recently:

Client with lower back and hip pain and stiffness - "I felt so good leaving on Wednesday. I went to the gym on Thursday and my body and hips felt so light. My lower back felt amazing too, really strong. Like my body 9 months ago. Whatever you did with that heat and chinese herbs...it really worked."

Client with sudden hearing loss in one ear - "definitely a sustained improvement in the ear this week"

Client with poor s***m quality and workplace and relationship stress - "My s***m quality is normal now, my relationship with my father is much better, my relationship with my wife is much better and I'm enjoying my work now"

Client with urinary dribbling and urgency - "I'm not dribbling any more, I don't have any problem down there any more"

Client with regular and sustained headaches after a severe head injury - "The headaches are almost completely gone"

Client with vertigo - "I haven't had any vertigo recently"

Client who wasn't able to swim due to shoulder pain - " I can do my 60 lengths again now"

Client with early stage dementia - "the doctor has said I'm perfect now and I credit you for that"

Client with pain after having shingles - "the needles seem to have sorted the pain out"

As you can see we treat many different conditions. If you're struggling with a health condition feel free to contact us at

info@morningstaracupuncture.ie

087 7624 336

Welcome to Morning Star Acupuncture Sandycove & Morning Star Acupuncture Ashbourne We are open for appointments in Ashbourne on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from lunchtime to 9pm and on Fridays from 9-5 at present. The Sandycove clinic is open from 10.30am to 6pm on Mondays and from lunchtime to 9pm on T...

06/09/2024

At Morning Star Acupuncture we also provide Chinese Herbal Medicine in raw herb form. Depending upon the issue being treated, a number of herbs are combined, soaked and then boiled to create a "decoction". This decoction is then drunk twice per day over the next few days.

This mix was put together to help a 13 year old girl with a painful foot injury from her sports. After taking herbs she played a camogie match one week after her injury although she had to play in a position where she didn't have to do so much running. Now, almost two weeks out from her injury when I asked her how her foot is, she said "it's ok but the herbs help a lot".

I am quite active myself and find the herbs are a great treatment for sports injuries, with none of the side effects of anti-inflammatory and pain killing medications and help promote a speedy recovery.

They are also an excellent treatment for many other conditions, such as chronic pain, headaches, menstrual issues, nausea, constipation, diarrhoea, urinary issues, stress/anxiety and many many more issues.

If you have any interest in Chinese Herbal Medicine please get in touch at 087 7624 3346 or info@morningstaracupuncture.ie.

04/09/2024

Based in Ashbourne and Sandycove, Morning Star Acupuncture has been operating for 12 years, providing meaningful help to many clients from 3 months to 94 years old (so far). We treat a wide range of differing conditions, from common issues such as pain anywhere in the body, menstrual/fertility problems and stress/anxiety/depression, to addiction, vertigo, urinary/digestive/respiratory issues and much much more.

If you have tried the conventional approach without success, or would simply like to try a holistic approach to your health issues, feel free to contact us to discuss how we can help you on:

087 7624 336 or

info@morningstaracupuncture.ie.

29/05/2022

In my experience all illness and pain is due to life habits that result from an incorrect engagement of our inner feminine and masculine (yin and yang) natures. Unless wisdom (yin and yang in harmony) informs all of our choices there will be consequences, including illness and pain.

First, I believe that femininity is taking responsibility for our bodies, so that the body becomes the tangible expression of the spirit within.
For those of us who have lived life in the head, this is a long, difficult and agonizing process, because in attempting to release our muscles, we also release the pent-up fear and rage and grief that has been buried there, probably since or before birth .
Within ourselves we find a stricken animal almost dead from starvation and mistreatment. Because it has been punished for long, it acts at first like a wild neurotic creature that hasn’t known love. But gradually it becomes our friend, and because it understands the instincts better than we, it becomes our guide to a natural, spiritual way of life.
To find the natural rhythms of our bodies, to walk, to see, to hear, to feel with renewed sensitivity and perception, is to return to our birthright which is our gift from the Goddess.

Marion Woodman
Addiction to Perfection

Artist: Briton Riviere

18/03/2022

My first animal treatment, a dog with "descending tummy, excessive drinking, she wants to mate with her mother, less energetic, reduced interest in running after her ball" going on for a good number of months.

After 6 acupuncture needles and some moxa:

"She is far better. Increased energy and a lighter look in her eyes. She is not drinking as much as doesn't wake us to go to the toilet.....She's not wanting to mate anymore with her mother! All in all Colin, a great improvement and thank you so much for giving her your expertise."

14/01/2021

Morning Star Acupuncture is open as normal in Sandycove on Mondays and Thursdays and in Ashbourne on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Please feel free to call 087 7624 336, or email info@morningstaracupuncture.ie for enquiries, or to book an appointment.

30/06/2020

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26/06/2020

I'm really glad to say that Morning Star Acupuncture will be open in Sandycove from July 1st. Appointments will be available in clinic on Mondays from late morning to around 6pm (times can vary a bit on request) and on Thursdays from lunchtime to 9pm.

The Ashbourne clinic is open as normal and getting quite busy. It has been great to see business building up towards normal levels!

22/06/2020

I'm glad to say that Morning Star Acupuncture is now open for our normal business hours in Ashbourne. Appointments are available on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from lunchtime to 9pm and on Fridays from 9 - 5.

The Sandycove clinic is still closed, but home visits can be arranged for those in need.