SOUTH NORWOOD AND FREED CLINIC

NEWSLETTER - OCTOBER / NOVEMBER 09

New Day for Chiropody & Advanced Hypnotherapy

Please note that Alpa Patel, Chiropodist, is now in the Clinic on Tuesdays (3.00 - 7.00 pm) instead of Thursdays. Eileen Wellings, Advanced Hypnotherapist, has also changed her day in the Clinic from Saturday to Thursday (3.00 - 7.00 pm).

Stop Smoking Offer - Using the highly successful Austin Technique in Advanced Structural Hypnotherapy, Eileen can help you give up smoking after just one session. The special price of £100 (usual fee £125) is only available during October so if you really want to give up smoking phone us now.

Colonic Hydrotherapy Offer - Have three treatments within six months and receive your fourth treatment half-price. (Payment for all three treatments must be made at your first appointment which must be before 31 December 2009. The fourth treatment must be received within sixth months of the third appointment.)

Acupuncture - Peter Salt-Berrymen LICAc MBAcCAcupuncture is now becoming more recognised in Britain (it will soon be statutorily recognised and is aiming to gain Royal Charter) not just for treating pain but a wide range of ailments.

The World Health Organisation has compiled a list of conditions which it considers appropriate for Acupuncture treatment. This includes: Arthritis, Asthma, Back Pain and Migraine. It is also used to treat many other conditions including: Mentrual Disorders, Stress, High BP, Insomnia, Sports Injuries, Skin Disorders and Anxiety, and can be useful during IVF treatment.

Chinese medical theory states that our energy, or chi, moves through our body in certain pathways,and whilst this energy is freely flowing we will be in good health. If for any reason this flow does not run freely, ill health can result. This is a difficult concept for most of us in the west. However, we all recognise that we run on certain types of electrical impulse and this is just energy.

During treatment, fine needles are inserted into specific points and this has the effect of moving our energy and stimulating it’s smooth flow, like in the country’s electrical grid system where by moving certain switches you can redirect, make stronger or make weaker the electrical energy in certain areas. The needles, depending on diagnosis, can be taken out straight away or left in for about twenty minutes to get the desired result. Some people respond very quickly to the treatment whilst others may take longer, especially if the problem is a long standing one.

Recipe for tackling the common cold (esp. with sore throat)

(Use when you feel that very first tickle in your throat indicating you have a cold on the way.)

1oz root ginger, sliced; 1 cinnamon stick; 3 cloves; 1tsp coriander seeds; 1 slice lemon; 1pt water.

Place all ingredients in saucepan, put lid on (needs to be tight), bring to the boil and gently simmer for ten minutes.Strain off and keep the liquid. (Discard the other ingredients.)

Add honey to taste and drink half a tea cup every two hours.

For more information about Acupuncture, or any of the other therapies the Clinic offers, please call us on our freephone number - 0800 078 9455.