When digestion fails, everything suffers. TCM regulates gut function from the inside — addressing the root cause of chronic digestive conditions.
Digestive conditions are among the most disruptive chronic health problems — affecting energy, mood, sleep and quality of life. Conventional medicine often manages symptoms without resolving the underlying dysfunction. TCM takes a different approach: identifying the specific digestive pattern and treating it directly.
Acupuncture regulates gut motility through the vagus nerve, reduces visceral hypersensitivity (the heightened pain response in IBS), modulates inflammatory pathways relevant to IBD, and reduces the stress-driven gut dysfunction that worsens most digestive conditions. TCM dietary guidance — based on Jose's BSc in Food Science — forms an essential part of every digestive treatment plan.
IBS (Cochrane Review) — Confirms acupuncture improves IBS symptom severity scores compared to usual care, with benefits for pain, bloating and bowel regularity.
Functional dyspepsia — Multiple RCTs confirm acupuncture reduces upper abdominal pain, bloating and nausea in functional dyspepsia, with effects comparable to prokinetic medication.
Colitis & Crohn's — Acupuncture and moxibustion show positive effects for reducing inflammatory markers and improving quality of life scores in IBD patients as a complementary therapy.
We use the IBS-SSS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome Severity Scoring System) and the Bristol Stool Chart alongside patient symptom diaries to track digestive improvement objectively.
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