Discover the ancient art of Traditional Acupuncture, a deceptively simple yet highly effective medical treatment rooted in Chinese Medicine. This practice involves inserting very fine needles into specific points on the body to treat a wide variety of conditions, reduce pain, promote healing, reduce stress and improve overall well-being.

With over 2,500 years of history, acupuncture remains a cornerstone of healthcare in China and is now embraced worldwide, including here at The Bower Mount Clinic . Backed by modern research, acupuncture is proven to help a wide range of conditions.

At The Bower Mount Clinic, we see patients for a variety of conditions, including:

• Pain Management: Back pain, neck pain, arthritis (osteo- and rheumatoid), joint pain (knee, shoulder, elbow, hip), and sports injuries.: Asthma, sinus pain, tension headaches, and migraines.
• Chronic Conditions:  Fibromyalgia, IBS, digestive problems, and emotional stress.
• Women’s Health: Period pain, menopause symptoms, and functional infertility.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) recognises acupuncture as a treatment for over 100 conditions. Click here to read their full report. A list of conditions the World Health Organisation recommends acupuncture for  because acupuncture has been ‘prove[d] – through controlled trials to be an effective treatment is appended below’:

Acupuncture goes beyond symptoms to treat the root cause of illness. It works by awakening the body’s natural self-healing mechanisms and restoring balance. This holistic approach considers your physical, emotional, and lifestyle factors, offering a truly personalised treatment plan.

Initial Consultation
Your first appointment (45 minutes to 1 hour) includes:

• A full medical history and lifestyle assessment.
• Physical examination, including pulse and tongue diagnosis.

The Treatment

• Fine, single-use needles are inserted into 2-5 points for targeted healing.
• Most patients report minimal or no discomfort—just a mild tingling or perhaps at worst dull ache.

Post-Treatment Tips
Avoid alcohol or vigorous exercise for a few hours afterward to maximise the benefits.

Acupuncture is one of the safest medical treatments when performed by a qualified practitioner at The Bower Mount Clinic. Extensive research published in the British Medical Journal reviewed over 66,000 treatments, reporting only mild, self-correcting side effects.

The number of sessions depends on your condition:

• Chronic Conditions: A course of 6 weekly or fortnightly sessions is typically recommended, with progress reviewed after.
• Acute Conditions: Often resolved within 2-3 sessions.

Your practitioner will provide a tailored plan during your first visit.

People of all ages, including children, can benefit from acupuncture. For younger patients, acupressure (gentle massage of acupuncture points) may be used instead of needles.

Even if you’re not experiencing illness, acupuncture can serve as a preventative treatment to maintain balance and overall health.

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Conditions the World Health Organisation recommends acupuncture for  because acupuncture has been ‘prove[d] – through controlled trials to be an effective treatment include 

• Adverse reactions to radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy
• Allergic rhinitis (including hay fever)
• Biliary colic
• Depression (including depressive neurosis and depression following stroke)
• Dysmenorrhoea, primary
• Epigastralgia, acute (in peptic ulcer, acute and chronic gastritis, and gastrospasm)
• Facial pain (including craniomandibular disorders)
• Headache
• Hypertension, essential
• Hypotension, primary
• Induction of labour
• Knee pain
• Leukopenia
• Low back pain
• Morning sickness
• Nausea and vomiting
• Neck pain
• Pain in dentistry (including dental pain and temporomandibular dysfunction)
• Shoulder pain and eriarthritis of shoulder
• Postoperative pain
• Renal colic
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Sciatica
• Sprains
• Effects of Stroke
• Tennis elbow

Also Diseases, symptoms or conditions for which The World Health Organisation recommends acupuncture because its therapeutic effect has been shown, although further proof is needed:

• Abdominal pain (in acute gastroenteritis or due to gastrointestinal spasm)
• Acne vulgaris
• Alcohol dependence and detoxification
• Bell’s palsy
• Bronchial asthma
• Cancer pain
• Cardiac neurosis
• Cholecystitis, (Gall Bladder) chronic, with acute exacerbation
• Competition stress syndrome
• Craniocerebral injury, closed
• Diabetes mellitus, non-insulin-dependent
• Earache
• Epidemic haemorrhagic fever
• Epistaxis, simple (without generalised or local disease)
• Eye pain due to subconjunctival injection
• Female infertility
• Facial spasm
• Female urethral syndrome
• Fibromyalgia and fasciitis
• Gastrokinetic disturbance
• Gouty arthritis
• Hepatitis B virus carrier status
• Herpes zoster (human (alpha) herpes virus 3
• Hypo-ovarianism
• Insomnia
• Labour pain
• Lactation, deficiency
• Male sexual dysfunction, non-organic
• Ménière disease
• Neuralgia, post-herpetic
• Neurodermatitis
• Obesity
• Opium, cocaine and heroin dependence
• Osteoarthritis
• Pain due to endoscopic examination
• Pain in thromboangiitis obliterans
• Polycystic ovary syndrome (Stein–Leventhal syndrome)
• Postextubation in children
• Postoperative convalescence
• Premenstrual syndrome
• Prostatitis, chronic
• Pruritus
• Radicular and pseudoradicular pain syndrome
• Raynaud syndrome, primary
• Recurrent lower urinary-tract infection
• Reflex sympathetic dystrophy
• Retention of urine, traumatic
• Sore throat (including tonsillitis)
• Spine pain, acute
• Stiff neck
• Temporomandibular joint dysfunction
• Tobacco dependenc
• Ulcerative colitis, chronic
• Urolithiasis
• Vascular dementia
• Whooping cough (pertussis)