Services
Your first visit, in order
- 01
Step 1: You book an evening
Use the form or call. I reply the next day and send a short email with the address, parking and what to wear.
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Step 2: You arrive
Ring the bell at the back door. There is a chair in the hall and nobody ahead of you.
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Step 3: We talk
About twenty minutes: your nights, your days, your cycle if you have one, and what you take.
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Step 4: I check
Your pulse at both wrists and your tongue, and I look at where you hold tension.
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Step 5: The treatment
You lie down under a blanket and I place a few fine needles. I explain each step first.
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Step 6: You rest
I dim the lamp and step out for about twenty minutes.
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Step 7: We plan
Tea, a plan for the next visits, and your receipt by email. About 75 minutes in all.
After the needles
Tea, and no rush
When I take the needles out we sit for a few minutes. There is warm tea, a place to put your shoes on slowly, and time to ask anything you forgot. The last slot of the evening ends by 8:30 so there is no one waiting behind you.
Tea or warm water
No one booked after you
Your receipt, emailed
Before you come
What to wear, eat and bring
Wear
Loose layers you can roll to the elbows and knees. Socks you can take off.
Eat
Something light an hour or two before. Skip alcohol.
Bring
A list of what you take, and any questions you wrote down.
Leave
Heavy perfume. The room is small and some of my patients are sensitive.
Before the needles
Tell me first
Six things that change how I treat you or whether I do. Say them even if they seem small.
If you are or might be pregnant
Some points are avoided in pregnancy. I ask you to check with your doctor or midwife first.
If you take a blood thinner
Or have a bleeding disorder. Needles can bleed a little more, so I take extra care or skip some points.
If you have a pacemaker
Or another implanted device. I never use electrical stimulation with one.
If you have had lymph nodes removed
Tell me which side. I keep needles and pressure off that arm.
If needles make you nervous
Say so at the start. We can go slowly, begin with a single needle, or lie down first and talk.
What you take
Medicines, hormone therapy, sleep aids and supplements. Bring a list, and tell your prescriber you are coming.
Ready for a first visit?
Tell me when you are free and I will find you an evening.