Eileen Gibbon for Acupuncture & Chinese Herbal Medicine

Eileen is an experienced practitioner (15 years in practice) with a positive track record in treating and managing many common problems where conventional treatments have been able to offer little help.

Chinese Medicine offers effective, practical approaches to treating the physical body, the emotions and the spirit. Eileen treats a wide range of conditions and welcomes patients of all ages and both genders. She has a particular interest in chronic conditions of all kinds, digestive problems, aiding fertility, pain, dealing with stress, migraines and headaches, musculo-skeletal problems as well as men's and women's conditions.

Eileen has trained in the Shen Hammer system of pulse diagnosis - a subtle system which often helps identify issues which people have become so used to that they regard them as a normal part of life. Feeling and interpreting the pulse is an important part of tailoring treatment to suit you.

Acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine are often given alongside one another or can be given separately according to your preference.

Eileen practises Acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine in Sheffield and also teaches Chinese Medicine and pulse diagnosis to students of acupuncture at the Northern College of Acupuncture in York. She is a member of both the British Acupuncture Council and the Register of Chinese Herbal Medicine - see below or click the links to the right for more details of these.

Common complaints treated:

Painful conditions:

• Back pain
• Neck pain
• Joint pain
• Frozen shoulder
• Migraine
• Headache
• Tennis & golfers elbow
• Sprains
• Muscle pain

Digestive Problems:

• Indigestion
• Constipation / diarrhoea
• Bloating
• Irritable bowel (IBS)
• Colitis
• Crohns

Womens health problems:

• Menstrual problems - painful, heavy, absent or irregular periods
• PMT / PMS
• PCOS
• Menopausal problems
• Fertility (female and male) and supporting IUI and IVF

Other complaints:

• Tiredness / fatigue
• ME
• Stress related problems
• Emotional problems including anxiety and depression
• Insomnia
• Skin conditions including psoriasis, acne and eczema
• Multiple sclerosis
• Prostatitis
• Cystitis
• Lung or breathing problems including asthma, rhinitis, catching frequent colds, sinusitis

The British Acupuncture Council (BAcC) http://www.acupuncture.org.uk/ was formed in 1995. With nearly 3,000 members it represents the largest body of professional acupuncturists in the UK and guarantees

• excellence in Training Standards - entry to the profession is at three year undergraduate degree level training;
• Safe Practice - its standards are drawn up in consultation with internationally renowned experts;
• Ethical Behaviour - rules are monitored and enforced with the help of experienced practitioners and independent non-acupuncturists.

The Register of Chinese Herbal Medicine http://www.rchm.co.uk/ was set up in 1987 to regulate the practice of Chinese Herbal Medicine (CHM) in the UK. It represents over 400 fully qualified practitioners of Chinese herbal medicine.