FAQ Acupuncture
Rates and costs
How much does treatment cost?
The prices vary from 140.- and 174.- Depending on the consultation and the various complementary health.
Is acupuncture reimbursed by health insurance?
Les aides dépendent grandement de vos complémentaires santé. Nous vous recommendons donc de prendre contact avec votre assurance et de vous informer.
Am I entitled to financial aid?
The costs of consultations are reimbursed in part by additional insurance for alternative medicines.
However, due to the large number of variants of insurance contracts in Switzerland, we cannot guarantee that your treatment will be taken care of.
Refund can be limited according to your insurance contract.We strongly recommend that you check directly with your insurance if the care offered by your therapist is reimbursed.
What total cost can I expect to resolve my problem?
Dépendant de vos besoins, vous pourriez avoir besoin de seulement 4 séances, ou un suivi avec des séances mensuels pendant un certain temps. Le coût total dépend entièrement de la manière donc vous réagirez à l’acupuncture.
Pathologies treated by acupuncture
Overweight and acupuncture
How many sessions do it take to obtain results?
In addition to losing weight quickly, above all, it is necessary to avoid overweight definitively and permanently. For this, it is essential to follow the sessions and prescriptions in regularity. The benefits of acupuncture are visible fairly quickly after a few sessions. The firm recommends one to two sets of 5 sessions, up to 1 per week.
How much weight will I lose with your support?
Weight loss differs according to people: sex (women gain weight more easily), age, metabolism, musculature, periods of life (pregnancy, menopause), behaviors (food, physical activity, sleep, stress). It is essential to consider the individual characteristics of each person to prepare a very personalized weight loss program that works.
Is it difficult to follow your support?
In general, our patients say that support is sometimes difficult at first, during the first 3 days. Then it becomes much easier. Indeed, we help our patients to set up rituals and good habits in order to help them and put them in the best possible conditions so that they can achieve their weight loss objective.
From what age can you follow your support?
There is no age to start taking care of your body, you have to start monitoring your weight as soon as possible. Indeed, the more weight and bad habits you will gain, the more difficult it will be to lose weight and change your rituals. Age, however, is not a factor. Some 80 -year -old people are easier to lose weight than a 20 -year -old person.
ENT and acupuncture
How can acupuncture help relieve seasonal allergies?
Acupuncture helps the body harmonize its nervous system and immunity in general. The body then has more energy to fight against pathogenic factors (cold, wind, allergens, etc.). The layer of protective energy towards the outside, the Wei Qi, is denser-patient is less sensitive to allergies.
This work can be done in curative but also preventive to the hinge seasons.
Can acupuncture be effective for chronic sinusitis and recurrent ENT infections?
In the case of chronic sinusitis, the body has “accustomed” to this state, it no longer tries to solve the problem. The insertion of a thin acupuncture needle on the edges of the nose will revive the process of repairing and cleaning mucus.
The therapist during the anamnesis defined the patient's “type”. Often the problems of chronic sinusitis are due to a drop in the energy of the spleen and the stomach, organic liquids are no longer treated properly, accumulate and stagnate in the sinus.
What are the effects of acupuncture on sore throat and persistent cough?
3 acupuncture meridians go through the throat and 7 with the nape and the sides. According to symptoms, the duration of the pathology, the therapist identifies the acupuncture points that must be stimulated.
In addition to the effect on congestion and inflammation, active acupuncture of natural pain management mechanisms, releasing neurotransmitters as endorphins. These substances act as natural pain relievers and can effectively relieve sore sore without side effects.
Can acupuncture reduce the symptoms of tinnitus or dizziness?
Tinnitus is linked to the energy of the kidneys in Chinese medicine, an energy which often drops drastically with age. Acupuncture, but also phytotherapy can strengthen this energy and reduce tinnitus. Often a little relaxation or lifestyle changes are also necessary.
Gynecology and acupuncture
Can acupuncture help regulate irregular menstrual cycles?
Whether it is an irregular cycle, too short, too long, or heavy menstruation, acupuncture helps regulate the cycle by treating over a period of one or two cycles.
Can acupuncture be used to relieve menstrual pain or PMS?
Acupuncture, and Chinese medicine in general, are particularly effective at regulating the menstrual cycle and improving premenstrual symptoms. Whether it's breast swelling, mood swings, food cravings, lower abdominal or lower back pain, acupuncture helps regulate hormones and relieves tension.
Suffering from one's cycle, even if it is very widespread in the population, is not inevitable and a woman should not passively accept this situation, methods exist.
What benefits does acupuncture provide for menopause symptoms?
According to Chinese medicine, bodily fluids are consumed throughout a woman's life: menstrual cycle, fatigue, pregnancy, fatigue... the energy that constitutes bodily fluids - Yin - is therefore decreasing. Heat - Yang - is normal but the cooling fluid - Yin - is not sufficient, hence the symptoms of hot flashes, dry mucous membranes, weight gain. Acupuncture and plants regulate Yin/Yang imbalance quite easily.
Can acupuncture support fertility and assisted reproduction treatments?
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Digestive Disorder and Acupuncture
How does acupuncture work on digestive disorders such as bloating and acid reflux?
Acupuncture helps regulate the energy of the spleen and stomach, the main digestive organs. A weak spleen will lead to insufficient food processing, food stagnation, or worse, mucus production.
However, impaired liver energy can also disrupt digestion. Liver energy stagnation is often due to emotional blockage or fixation. The therapist will be able to identify the cause and treat the problem.
Can acupuncture benefit people with chronic constipation?
Acupuncture is particularly effective against chronic constipation, helping to relieve tension, circulate, and hydrate the intestines. Certain plants, such as Chinese rhubarb, not only provide real relief in the moment but also address the underlying problem. The therapist will also be able to explain lifestyle changes that promote regular and normal bowel movements.
Does acupuncture help relieve abdominal pain or digestive cramps?
Yes, acupuncture helps resolve digestive issues in a unique and painless way by relieving tension where it lies. The entire treatment gets the digestive system back on track and provides prevention for the future.
What are the effects of acupuncture on stress-related digestive disorders?
Acupuncture regulates the central nervous system. Like an alarm that goes off too often, the nervous system in a stressed person is overactivated. Acupuncture, by working particularly on the heart and liver meridians, regulates emotions and restores the body and mind to normal functioning.
Behavioral disorders and acupuncture
Can acupuncture help manage anxiety and depression?
According to Chinese medicine, anxiety or depression often arise from weakened physiological conditions that predispose to this type of state. It is therefore up to the therapist, while working on the psyche, to resolve all the physiological parameters that could maintain the depressive state: chronic pain, sleep, digestion, menstrual cycle, etc. Once the heart meridian is soothed, the patient regains a normal perspective on situations.
Can acupuncture help people with ADHD or attention deficit disorder?
Acupuncture, by calming the central nervous system, is very effective in helping with concentration. According to Chinese medicine, attention deficit disorder stems from low spleen energy because the spleen supplies the head with yang energy and blood. If there is not enough blood and energy, the brain runs on empty and overactively, for no reason. Energy helps with focus. The therapist can use acupuncture, herbs, but also provide lifestyle advice or exercises to improve concentration: the tree pose for children, for example.
How does acupuncture help manage compulsive behaviors or addictions?
Here again, the lack of control over compulsive behavior is due to a lack of energy and an agitated mind. Working on the Heart and Liver meridians helps to calm while strengthening overall energy.
Is acupuncture effective in promoting a sense of well-being and inner calm?
The nervous system has the ability to self-align if given the right information. Needles placed in strategic locations will do this while allowing it to work. There is nothing to do during an acupuncture session except relax and let it work. The nervous system, finding its way back to tranquility on its own, will be able to reproduce this feeling in everyday life.
Dermatology and acupuncture
What benefits can acupuncture bring to treat acne or rashes?
Acupuncture makes blood move in the places where the needles are placed, the energy is therefore no longer “stagnant” which could, according to Chinese medicine, be a source of skin problems. This movement also leads to local hormonal regulation which reduces inflammation (red/hot buttons).
Action on stress helps brings real well-being by promoting the detoxification of the body.
The therapist can also prescribe very effective and entirely natural Chinese plant creams.
Can acupuncture help relieve itching and inflammation linked to eczema?
By reducing the immune response, acupuncture helps reduce the sensations of itching, redness, drought. Stimulation of the lung meridian helps detoxification and regulation of inflammation.
As part of a complete treatment of Chinese medicine, the patient can see the results after a few sessions.
Is acupuncture effective against psoriasis and other chronic skin conditions?
Psoriasis is often a pathology that lasts over time and which is very recurrent. The nervous system and immunity in general are deregulated. Acupuncture will help all these different points. The action is to circulate energy, detoxify and lower the excessive immune response.
Can acupuncture help improve the elasticity and general appearance of the skin?
Acupuncture is probably one of the best methods for maintenance of facial skin. It is natural and non -invasive unlike the injection of certain chemicals or surgery.
The micro-leion induced by the acupuncture needle will be repaired by a production of collagen and elastin, proteins responsible for the firmness and elasticity of the skin. Likewise, the body will create an influx of blood in the face in reaction to the needle, thus promoting the oxygenation of the tissue locally.
With a few regular sessions, it is possible to observe a firming of the skin and an attenuation of wrinkles and fine lines.
Many of our patients have at least one acu-lifting session per month for maintenance.
Neurological disorder and acupuncture
Can acupuncture help relieve migraines and headaches?
The needles placed on the head, the nape of the neck, or along the meridians that pass through the head provide rapid relief while treating the underlying problem. The therapist will be able to differentiate the origin of your migraines and suggest the appropriate acupuncture treatment.
Can acupuncture be helpful for people with facial neuralgia or neuritis?
Through muscle relaxation, blood flow and analgesic effect, acupuncture can relieve the severe pain caused by facial neuralgia.
What are the benefits of acupuncture for tremors and muscle spasticity?
The brain sends the "order" to tremor to the limbs. While this route exists, it can also be taken in the other direction: that is, from the limbs to the brain.
Acupuncture treats through numerous points, both locally and remotely. Tremors and muscle spasms are observed to improve. However, the therapist does not only treat the symptom but also the cause of the tremors.
Tremors and spasms are manifestations of liver energy that is out of harmony; the "internal wind" moves the muscles like the external wind moves the leaves of trees. By calming the liver energy so that it does not rise against the current, the tremors subside. The patient is less stressed.
Is acupuncture effective in reducing the symptoms of certain neuropathies?
By producing endorphins and calming the nervous system, acupuncture helps relieve and improve loss of sensation, burning sensations, numbness, tingling and hypersensitivity.
Acupuncture will help revascularize and tone these areas, thus improving tone, loss of strength or muscle atrophy.
Muscle and joint pain and acupuncture
How can acupuncture relieve lower back or neck pain?
Acupuncture uses fine, painless needles that can penetrate the skin to the exact point of pain. This helps to tell the brain exactly where the pain is and restart the tissue repair process.
Lower back and/or neck pain are very common. When the body is in pain, it will tense up around the area to “protect” it. One of the primary functions of acupuncture is to relieve this tension.
Acupuncture will increase blood flow to the area, create muscle relaxation and remove stress from the patient generated by pain.
Can acupuncture be beneficial for pain due to tendonitis or bursitis?
Acupuncture is very effective in treating tendonitis, bursitis, and capsulitis because it can target the area that needs repair. Unlike muscle pain, these types of conditions take time to repair because they are structures with a low blood supply. Acupuncture helps increase vascularization of the affected area.
What are the effects of acupuncture on joint pain related to osteoarthritis?
Osteoarthritis is part of the broad category of Bi syndromes, which are obstructions in the energy channels or stagnation of the blood. If the energy does not circulate, then we feel pain (neck, lower back, fingers, etc.). Acupuncture helps regulate and harmonize the flow of energy.
Can acupuncture help reduce muscle tension and promote recovery after exercise?
Acupuncture aids in recovery and promotes tissue repair. Recovery time is reduced, as is the risk of injury or cramping. Acupuncture aids in the release of endorphins, which have a pain-relieving effect on the body.
Preventive medicine, acupuncture and Chinese medicine
How can acupuncture help strengthen the immune system?
Certain acupuncture points stimulate immune cells (especially T lymphocytes and macrophages). In addition, by reducing stress and inflammation, the body is more ready to defend itself against external aggressions.
There is a fairly significant decrease in the frequency of infections when people have regular acupuncture sessions in autumn and winter.
Is acupuncture useful in preventing relapses of chronic diseases?
When the body is affected by a chronic illness, it understands this situation as normal and no longer tries to repair it. The goal of acupuncture is to restart the repair process.
Acupuncture will also strengthen the immune system and calm the nervous system, which will put the body in the best position to fight chronic inflammation.
Can acupuncture help maintain overall balance of body and mind?
Acupuncture is the ultimate method for maintaining a healthy mind-body relationship. According to Chinese medicine, the link between body and mind is energy. Acupuncture harmonizes energy. If the energy is flowing and sufficient, it will nourish the mind and repair the body. Energy always knows what to do, and whether it should nourish the mind or the body first.
It regulates stress and supports the functioning of organs such as digestion and sleep. It is the embodiment of the “healthy mind in a healthy body” method.
Can acupuncture be integrated into a wellness approach to prevent premature aging?
Acupuncture increases cellular oxygenation, reduces stress and supports normal organ function.
Regular acupuncture sessions help anticipate physiological or psychological problems and regulate the body before it becomes ill. It is therefore a method that stimulates the patient's internal resources and helps the body stay alert.
Burn-out, stress and acupuncture
Quels sont les bienfaits de l'acupuncture pour la gestion du stress et des tensions ?
In addition to losing weight quickly, above all, it is necessary to avoid overweight definitively and permanently. For this, it is essential to follow the sessions and prescriptions in regularity. The benefits of acupuncture are visible fairly quickly after a few sessions. The firm recommends one to two sets of 5 sessions, up to 1 per week.
L'acupuncture peut-elle soulager les symptômes physiques associés au burn-out, comme les douleurs ou les insomnies ?
Weight loss differs according to people: sex (women gain weight more easily), age, metabolism, musculature, periods of life (pregnancy, menopause), behaviors (food, physical activity, sleep, stress). It is essential to consider the individual characteristics of each person to prepare a very personalized weight loss program that works.
Comment l'acupuncture agit-elle sur les troubles de l'humeur liés au stress chronique ?
In general, our patients say that support is sometimes difficult at first, during the first 3 days. Then it becomes much easier. Indeed, we help our patients to set up rituals and good habits in order to help them and put them in the best possible conditions so that they can achieve their weight loss objective.
L'acupuncture peut-elle aider à rétablir l'énergie et réduire la fatigue mentale ?
There is no age to start taking care of your body, you have to start monitoring your weight as soon as possible. Indeed, the more weight and bad habits you will gain, the more difficult it will be to lose weight and change your rituals. Age, however, is not a factor. Some 80 -year -old people are easier to lose weight than a 20 -year -old person.
Autoimmune disease and acupuncture
How does acupuncture relieve rheumatoid arthritis pain?
Acupuncture reduces inflammation in the body by increasing the release of endorphins and improving blood circulation to the affected area.
Can I take Western medicines and herbal formulas at the same time to treat my autoimmune disease?
Yes, it is possible to take them at the same time, as herbal formulas generally do not interfere with your medications. However, this will be determined based on your TCM doctor's diagnosis.
How long does it take to see the effects of herbal formulas on the symptoms of autoimmune diseases?
Generally, the effects of herbal formulas appear within the first week of taking them.
How many acupuncture sessions are needed to see an improvement in my autoimmune condition?
It takes between 5 and 10 acupuncture sessions to see lasting improvement.
Sleep and acupuncture
Comment l'acupuncture aide-t-elle à améliorer la qualité du sommeil et à lutter contre l'insomnie ?
Acupuncture helps regulate the nervous system and therefore improves sleep quality. Serotonin and melatonin, the sleep-inducing neurotransmitters, are released more easily, and mood is generally lighter.
Acupuncture also helps reduce inflammation that could disrupt sleep (tension in the trapezius muscles, shoulder pain, digestive problems, etc.).
Quels sont les effets de l'acupuncture sur les troubles du sommeil liés au stress ?
Sleep is prepared during the day. Working on stress through acupuncture helps to relax and release muscle tension before sleep. The central nervous system is regulated through the use of certain dedicated points as well as the soothing points of the kidney, heart, and liver meridians.
L'acupuncture peut-elle être bénéfique pour ceux qui souffrent de réveils nocturnes ou de sommeil léger ?
Acupuncture and Chinese medicine work on the energy of the heart and liver to soothe and prevent nighttime awakenings. It provides intense muscle relaxation that helps you fall into a deep sleep. Typically, 5 to 8 sessions are required to fully regulate sleep.
L'acupuncture peut-elle être une alternative naturelle aux somnifères ?
Yes, Chinese medicine advocates moving from chemicals to natural treatments, and then from natural treatments to nothing. But all of this is done with the supervision of a therapist and the approval of your doctor.
General questions about acupuncture and Chinese medicine
Est-ce que l’acupuncture est compatible avec d’autres médecines ?
Yes, absolutely. The patients who come to see us are often already undergoing multi-therapy: pain, physio-osteo-chiro; internal pathologies (high blood pressure, diabetes, cholesterol, heart disease). Crohn..) allopathic medication-natural remedies-vitamins-food supplements…
It is good for us to register as part of a multitherapy because the patient is more closely monitored by all the therapists, so there is less risk for us to treat a serious problem lightly. E.g.: a stabbing shoulder pain when it is a heart problem, etc.
The effects of acupuncture are different and cumulative from what other therapies do.
However, taking Chinese medicine powder should be at least one and a half hours apart from taking other medication.
Pourquoi y a-t-il toujours une aiguille au milieu du front ?
This point is called Yintang in Chinese. It is not part of the 12 main meridians (spleen, stomach, lungs, etc.). It is the point of eye tension and concentration. Pricking this point helps to relax the mind, but also for concentration and serenity.
Acupuncture has been shown to be effective in treating mental and emotional disorders. (stress and anxiety). Often used during treatments, Yintang is located in the space between the eyebrows.
Called the "mind palace," this is a so-called "extraordinary" point. It is the point of feelings and emotions, it has an effect on the intellect, emotions, and consciousness. It corresponds to theDantian ssuperior.
It is a powerful point that helps calm the mind, improve concentration, release emotions, promote sleep and relieve migraines and depression.
It has a strong connection with the meridian ofHeartand allows the detection of heat states or excesses of yang.
Pourquoi une telle efficacité pour les diètes ?
Because thanks to the support of acupuncture during weight loss, a real psychological transformation takes place in the patient. He becomes more serene as the sessions progress, his relationship with food calms down, so he does not gain weight again.
Moreover…our therapists are good and use a completely appropriate method.
Is acupuncture really effective?
We see things from a different perspective than allopathic medicine. What is not detectable by conventional medical imaging, such as fatigue, headaches, weariness, and lack of energy, are symptoms in their own right in TCM, and it is our specialty to address them. We greatly improve the patient's quality of life by working on the body, energy, and mind, as well as the relationship and harmony between the three.
Lingling explains to her patients that it's a blessing for them to have crossed paths with a (good) TCM therapist. Not everyone gets that chance.
Finally, TCM helps with post-operative recovery and general recovery, unlike Western medicine. Acupuncture has no side effects, unlike chemical treatments.
Pour les femmes enceintes, quel est le processus en MTC ?
Acupuncture treats lower back pain, headaches, nausea, etc. in pregnant women. We carefully avoid any potentially dangerous points or points that could trigger labor.
We monitor pregnancies, but also deal with fertility problems, childbirth preparation, etc.
However, acupuncture is known to be able to trigger contractions if necessary and to be able to turn a breech baby.
Can acupuncture treat certain pathologies?
Many conditions can only be improved. This is the case for chronic or serious illnesses. Acupuncture can improve the patient's comfort and quality of life, and improve symptoms.
We rarely treat patients with cancer or very serious illnesses because massage or acupuncture can disperse cancer cells throughout the body.
However, some pathologies considered incurable in traditional medicine are incurable in our country: for example, tinnitus.
Each of you has a specialty, can you talk about it?
We all did the same studies in China.
So we do the same thing and we can all take care of all patients. If we have to define a preference for each:
- Lingling: gynecology, emotional disorders, diet…
- Xiuxiu: pain, diet, neurological disorders, herbal medicine
- Thomas: weight loss, muscular and skeletal disorders, dermatology…
- Lihua: gynecological and sexual disorders, digestion
- Pengfei : neuro disorders, anxiety, insomnia, headaches, ENT disorders (tinnitus)
Un massage ne serait-il pas aussi efficace ?
No, because the needle goes under the epidermis, whereas massage treats the surface tissues. The body's reaction and the self-repair system that is triggered are not the same.
