Cath Stacey
Acupuncture

Five Element Acupuncture in Exeter

Welcome to the website of Cath Stacey Acupuncturist.

Acupuncture is an ancient system of medicine practiced for thousands of years in China, Japan and other eastern counturies. Now well established in the west as complementary or alternative therapy to conventional medicine it can offer help for a range of mental, emotional and physical problems without the use of drugs.

Five Element Acupuncture is a gentle, holistic style of treatment that looks to establish the root cause of disease, balance the energetic state enabling the body to heal itself.
As an acupuncturist Cath appreciates that conventional medicine has an important place in a person's life when they are unwell and likes to work with doctors for the ultimate good of the patient. Acupuncture can be an alternative to treatment with drugs or surgery or it can complement conventional treatments.

What can it treat?
Acupuncture has been proven effective to treat many things from back pain to headaches. I personally do not treat symptoms but I treat the person which is one of the reasons acupuncture differs so much from western medicine. We are all very different and therefore treatments need to be tailored to the individual. Treating symptoms may well alleviate the problem for a while but often symptoms return or even move to a different area.
Five Element Acupuncture is very effective in treating mental and emotional problems as well as physical ailments.
Evidence for acupuncture’s effectiveness is growing, and clinical research trials are being done on more and more conditions. Research factsheets can been found at the British Acupuncture Council's website on the following conditions:



Acne, Allergic rhinitis, Anxiety, Back pain, Bell’s palsy, Chronic fatigue ME, Chronic pain, Colds and flu, COPD, Cystitis, Dental pain, Depression, Dysmenorrhoea, Eczema and Psoriasis, Endometriosis, Erectile dysfunction, Female fertility, Fibromyalgia, Frozen shoulder, Gastrointestinal disorders, Headache, Herpes, Insomnia, Irritable bowel Syndrome(IBS), Infertility ART, Menopausal symptoms, Male infertility, Migraines, Nausea and vomiting, Neuropathic pain, Obstetrics, Osteoarthritis, Post-operative pain, Premenstrual syndrome, Rheumatoid arthritis, Sciatica, Sinusitis, Sports Injuries, Stress, Substance misuse, Tinnitus, Type-2 Diabetes, Urinary incontinence.


For more information please browse the website or email Cath with any questions.

Cath Stacey works from the Exeter Natural Health Practice in St Leonards, Exeter.