It’s Official

I am pleased to announce that my latest clinic(the Zen Den) has been given the green light by Leeds City Council Health and Safety Service, and that the clinic is now registered by the Council for carrying out the practice of acupuncture.

Credit/Debit Card Payments

We would like to inform all our clients that card payments can now be taken via our new payment terminal in all clinics.

The Zen Den

After a lot of very hard work, the ground work has been completed and the “Zen Den” is beginning to take shape. We now have a large area of raked aggregate (very Zen), with a high quality log cabin being placed within a decked area, two sides of the aggregate have been planted with fargesia […]

The Zen Den

I am excited to announce that I have just been given permission to begin building a work space within my garden at home. I have given it the nickname “The Zen Den” because the idea is to have a Japanese inspired tranquillity garden as well as a summer house/log cabin from which to practice acupuncture. […]

Credit/Debit Cards Now Accepted

Debbie Smith Acupuncture is now pleased to be able to accept credit or debit card payments either before or directly after your treatment. This is done via the PayPal buy now button located on the clinic details page.

Migraine and Acupuncture

If you suffer from Migraine and are interested in trying acupuncture please follow the link to the Migraine Trust. The article gives a very comprehensive idea of the use of acupuncture to treat migraine, if you would then like to try acupuncture please do not hesitate to contact me.

Anxiety UK and British Acupuncture Council Launch Pilot Research Project

Anxiety UK and the British Acupuncture Council (BAcC) have launched a joint pilot project which will see members of Anxiety UK being able to access traditional acupuncture through this new partnership.For further information follow this link to the British Acupuncture Council or this one on Anxiety UK

Nogier’s Auriculotherapy: Ear Acupuncture that works

I am pleased to announce that I now offer Nogier’s Auriculotherapy: Ear Acupuncture after a weekend course with Jim Chalmers. In 1990, the Director General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Dr Hiroshi Nakajima proclaimed to an international gathering that – “Auricular acupuncture is probably the most developed and best documented, scientifically, of all the […]

Why traditional acupuncture may hold the key to easing chronic neck pain

A recent article in the Mail on Sunday (13 March 2016), outlined a study by Dr Hugh MacPherson at the University of York into the effectiveness of Acupuncture, and The Alexander Technique alongside conventional treatments. Patients were split in to 3 groups, Acupuncture, Alexander Technique and normal GP treatment(both the acupuncture group and Alexander Technique […]

New research into Acupuncture to reduce sleep disturbanances in pre and post menopausal women

Research published in the American College of Obstetritions and Gynecologists has shown that woman receiving acupuncture for menepausal sleep disturbances have significant improvement. The meta-analysis and systematic review of acupuncture research concluded that “findings suggest that acupuncture should be adopted as part of a multimodal approach for improving sleep disturbances in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women.” […]