hi, itried accupuncture a couple of years ago when a store opened in my local town centre. unfortunately i was so desperate for a cure at the time and had no self confidence that i just booked up for six sessions on the spot. The first session he took a bit of personal history (he had never heard of thyroxine so couldnt advice me if there are any medical contra-indications between chinese medicine or my underactive thyroid treatment) then attached a small ballbearing to my ear with tape(this fell of within a few hours) and sent me on my way with a bag of herbs that i was to boil for hours on end let it cool and drink it one go. Now i have got young children so i am not adverse to strange smelling packages but this was foul the minute it hit the water, and we all spent the next few hours covering out mouths and gagging everytime we couldnt put off the need to fetch something from the kitchen, so i wasnt expecting that it was going to taste any better but i thought hey i have paid nearly £200 for the privelage and he obviously knows what he is on about so down it went almost in one. My husband has said the even though he has heard the saying a little green around the gills he could never have imagined it untill he saw my face.[xx(] i wont give you the details but it took a lot longer coming up than it did going down (about 48 hours) mentioned it on my next visit and was told to keep going as it takes a while to get into your system, tried to explain that problem wasnt going it in but keeping it in but he was not concerned, i did carry on for another 3 weeks with the same outcome each time as well as having needles placed on my forehead (no problem) the bridge of my nose (smarted a little) and my ankle bone (pain was excrutiating and went the whole length of my body) was wrapped in towels and put under a very hot lamp for half an hour. not a pretty sight after. it is safe to say my forray into accupuncture was not very succesfull and the store itself shut down soon after but i have since been to see a lovely chinese lady who doesnt advertise she works off recomendations and doesnt take any money untill you are satisfied with the way she works and she doesnt make you drink foul concoctions. In future i will make sure i fully research any treatment i want to try.
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