How can TCM help patients with the experience of drug withdrawal?
I personally do not have the facilities to support the drug withdrawal stage. This, I believe, should be undertaken in a safe and tranquil residential environment. After that stage, TCM can help eliminate symptoms, such as insomnia, constipation, diarrhoea, flashbacks, anxiety, depression, etc. Because of these physical symptoms, unaided, the percentage of relapses is often very high. However, TCM has been proven to reduce, and in most cases eradicate, these post-withdrawal symptoms. Back to top Will the acupuncture needles bruise me? Sometimes they can, but not often. Back to top What other Acupuncture methods are there? The Qu’un Needle A smooth probe called the “Qu’un” needle has been invented by and kept in the Chan family for over seven generations. It puts pressure to the Acupoints and has proved to be highly effective. “T’ui Na’ar” is arguably the oldest massotherapy. In this form of treatment, pressure from the practitioner’s fingers or palms are put on the acupoints. This is t