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Acupuncture is a 4000-year-old method of healing in which one uses very fine needles in order to bring the Qi (often translated as life-energy) within the body into movement. In order to have a good functioning of the body, Qi has to flow freely. Qi is the engine behind a lot of processes in the body - to let Xue (Blood) flow and to nourish the internal organs. Sometimes there are circumstances that block the free flow of Qi. The reasons can be climatical circumstances, exhaustion because of to much work, long lasting emotional overload or pollution. It is possible to let the Qi flow again through stimulating certain points on the body-surface and so to restore a better balance of Yin and Yang. This will lead to an increasing of the self-healing capacity of the body. Several methods can be used to reach this aim, the Chinese found a way to acomplish that by unsing fine acupuncture needles and other means of stimulation.

Some of the complaints that can be treated with acupuncture: headaches, depressions, fears and phobias, burn-outs, muscle- and joint pains, hormonal disbalances, problems in the digestive system, lungproblems, problems of the immune system, allergies, insomnia, recovering from long during diseases and problems from use of medications f.e. antibiotics, etc.

Because acupuncture works on the whole energetical system and therefore on all the functions of the body, it also has an influence on the emotional and mental balance. In the chinese thinking body, mind, emotions and spirit are all one.

GuaSha: parts of the body, where there is a blockage, are scraped with a spoon or an other instrument to bring up the "sha" (often cold) that is trapped under the surface.

Moxibustion: heat is applied to parts of the body or to certain acupuncture points, in order to bring this warmth into the body.

Cupping: by creating a vacuum a glass or plastic ball is applied on certain parts or points of the body to subdue cold of heat that is trapped inside. This also has a big influence on the internal organs.

Electrostimulation: certain parts of the body, where there is no flow of qi, can be strongly stimulated by applying a light currency between two or more needles.

Laser: when treating children, the LLLT-laser can be used so that the children don't feel the pricking of the needles.

Right now most of the insurances are reboursing our treatments with acupuncture. They are mostly covering partly, and sometimes totally, the acupuncture treatments.