Acupuncture for Digestive Issues

Digestive health is the foundation of overall wellness. When your gut isn’t working well, if affects your energy, mood, immune system, even your skin.

Western medicine’s approach to digestive conditions usually incorporates dietary adjustments, lifestyle advice, or medications such as antispasmodics or laxatives. However invariably symptoms return time and time again, or fluctuate due to changing conditions.

Acupuncture, alongside simple Qigong exercises I give my patients, offers a gentle, natural way to relieve symptoms whilst also getting to the root of the issue; to rebalance the digestive system, and restore healthy digestion without the side effects of medication.

From a Western perspective, acupuncture achieves this by impacting the nervous system, reducing inflammation, improving circulation, and regulating gut motility by stimulating digestive enzymes, enhancing peristalsis, and improving hydration of the digestive tract.

This has been well documented in various recent studies, such as a meta-analysis published in The Journal of Gastroenterology which found that acupuncture effectively treated a range of patients’ IBS symptoms, and a peer-reviewed study in Evidence-Based Complimentary and Alternative Medicine, which demonstrated the effectiveness of acupuncture at managing more wide ranging digestive disorders and diseases, like Crohn’s and ulcerative colitis.

On an emotional level, acupuncture also calms the nervous system to address and reduce stress-induced and stress-compounded issues.

This way of working can be used to treat many different digestive conditions, including -

Bloating and gas

Constipation

Diarrhoea and loose stools

Acid reflux and Heartburn

IBS

Leaky gut and inflammation

Nausea and vomiting

Food sensitivities

Auto Immune reactions

Crohn’s disease

Ulcerative colitis

Celiac

Anxiety-related GI Symptoms

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