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Martin Bailey worked as a Radiographer in the NHS for 15 years before training as an acupuncturist at The College of Integrated Chinese Medicine in Reading, one of the foremost traditional acupuncture colleges in Britain. Three years training, involving some 1500 hours academic and clinical experience, was required to attain the Licentiate in Acupuncture (LicAc) and the membership of the British Acupuncture Council (BAcC).
Many people are not aware that there is more than one form of acupuncture. The Japanese style is different to the korean and both differ from the Chinese style. In Britain most practitioners utilise the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) or the 5 Element style of acupuncture. Martin’s training integrated both of these to produce a more diverse and flexible approach to treatment.
About TCM Acupuncture.
About 5 Element acupuncture.
Go to the British Acupuncture Council web site here.
Go to the College of Integrated Chinese Medicine web site here.
View the Wikipedia to learn more about:
What is Qi?
What are Yin and Yang?
What is Jing?
The acupuncture points and meridians.
Acupuncture is a system of healing which has been practiced and refined in China and other eastern countries for thousands of years. According to traditional Chinese philosophy, our health is dependant on the correct balance of energies and substances within and without the body.
Qi (chee), the body’s motivating energy, must be strong and move smoothly through channels or meridians. Yin and Yang must be balanced and the Blood, Jing and other substances must be strong and well nourished.
It is the job of the Acupuncturist to modify these energies and substances by way of needles inserted at specific influential points on the body and where needed by way of supplementary herbal remedies.
