Rupert Farrington Acupuncture Shaftesbury Dorset

Rupert trained in Traditional Chinese Acupuncture in Bristol at The South West College of Oriental Medicine and was awarded his diploma in acupuncture (Dip Ac) having completed the three-year course and four hundred hours of clinical practice, under the tuition of Dr Damin Wan. Located in Shaftesbury, Dorset I typically draw my clients from the surrounding areas of Gillingham and Motcombe.

Rupert Farrington

DAC(uk) CAC(China) BRCP, OMD

What does Acupunture involve?

Very basically, acupuncture is the insertion of very fine needles into specific points on the surface of the body. It can be used in conjunction with electrical stimulation, or heat (produced by burning herbs, primarily mugwort, over the body or stuck on the ends of the needles) in order to influence the physiological functioning of the body. The earliest record of Acupuncture comes from the writings of Shen Nung in the Huang Di Nei Jing (Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine) written around 4700 years ago. This is reckoned to be the oldest medical textbook in the world and it is said to be taken from even earlier theories. As a point of interest, Shen Nung wrote about the heart, circulation and pulses over 4000 years before any concept about them was held in Europe.

How does it work?

According to Shen Nung through the whole body runs a vital energy force, known as qi (pronounced chee). The qi, which, is made up of Yin and Yang and is present throughout nature, forms the basis of all life's aspects, spiritual, mental and emotional, and physical. The qi flows around the body through "meridians" (or channels). There are fourteen main channels running vertically up and down the surface of the body. Of these, twelve are paired and relate to six different organs and occupy opposite sides of the body while two more flow up the front and back midline. If the flow of qi within the channels becomes insufficient, excessive, unbalanced, or interrupted the balance of Yin and Yang is upset.

Please feel free to contact me with any questions.

Conditions Treated

Abandonment	Abuse	Accident trauma	Acne
Addiction	ADHD	Agoraphobia	Alcoholism
Allergies	Amnesia	Anemia	Anger Management
Angina	Anorexia nervosa	Anxiety	Arthritis
Asthma	Athletes Foot	Autism	Back Pain
Bad Breath (Halitosis)	Bedwetting	Bereavement	Betrayal
Bipolar Disorder	Blood pressure	Bloody Nose	Body Odour (BO)
Breathing disorders	Bronchitis	Bulimia	Bullying
Bunion	Calcium Deficiency	Calluses	Cancers
Catarrh	Childbirth	Childhood Abuse	Cholesterol Issues
Chronic Fatigue	Chronic Pain	Circulation Problems	Common cold
Constipation	Corns	Cracked Heel	Cystitis
Depression	Dermatitis	Despair Anguish	Diabetes
Diarrhoea	Digestive Problems	Disc Problems	Drug addiction
Dry eye	Dry mouth	Dyslexia	Dysmenorrhea
Ear Ache	Eating Disorders	Eczema	Endometriosis
Epilepsy	Exam Nerves	Fainting	Fever
Flat Feet	Food Poisoning	Food sensitivities	Foot Problems
Fractures	Frozen Shoulder	Gastroenteritis (stomach flu)	Gender issues
Glandular Fever	Glaucoma	Glue ear	Grief
Habitual Behaviour	Haemorrhoids	Hair Loss	Hay Fever
Headaches	Heart Burn	Heart disease	Heel Pain
HIV	Hormone imbalance	Hysteria	Immune System Dysfunction
Impetigo	Impotence	Incontinence	Indecisiveness
Indigestion	Infant colic	Infertility	Influenza (Flu)
Ingrown Toe Nail	Insecurity	Insomnia	Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
Itching	Jaundice	Jealousy	Joint Pain
Learning difficulties	Ligament Sprain	Low Self Esteem	Lumbago
Lymphedema	M E	Menopausal symptoms	Migraines
Morning sickness	Mouth ulcers	Multiple Sclerosis MS	Muscle cramps
Muscle stiffness	Nausea	Neck pain	Neck stiffness
Nightmares	Nosebleed (Epistaxis)	Obesity	OCD
Osteoporosis	Panic Attacks	Parkinsons disease	Performance anxiety
Period pain	Personal development	Personality disorders	Pet loss
Phobias	PMS PMT	Post operative pain	Postural problems
Pregnancy	Psoriasis	Rashes	Rejection
Relationship Problems	Relationship Problems Twins	Repetitive strain injury	Rheumatism
Runny Nose	Sciatica	Scoliosis	Seasonal Affective Disorder
Self Harm	Separation	Shingles	Shoulder pain
Sinusitis	Sleep disorders	Smoking Addiction	Snoring
Sore throat	Spinal Injury	Sports injuries	Sprain (Ankle, Knee)
Stomach cramps	Stress	Stroke	Suicidal Feelings
Tennis Elbow	Thyroid Problems	Tinnitus	Tiredness
Toothache	Trauma (PTSD)	Tremors	Ulcerative colitis
Urinary Problems	Urticaria	Varicose Veins	Vertigo
Vomiting	Warts	Watery Eye	Weight Management
Whiplash	Withdrawal Symptoms

Qualifications & Membership Details

DAC(uk)

CAC(China)

BRCP

OMD

Therapies

Acupuncture

Ear Candling

Contact Details & Location

Rupert Farrington	01747 860 115	Send Email
Motcombe Grange Clinic ,Motcombe Shaftesbury, Dorset SP7 9HJ		View Website
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