The initial treatment, lasting about one and a half hours, will provide the acupuncturist with an opportunity to determine the nature of the body's disharmony by careful questioning and observation.
Acupuncture South Devon offer treatments at Sunnydale Natural Health Centre in Ivybridge, Devon and at the Plymouth Nuffield Hospital. Initial consulations are extensive and will normally one and half hours. Extensive notes and observations are made by the acupuncturist.
Diagnosis will include the inspection of the tongue for its' structure, colour and coating, and the pulses are felt for their quality and strength.
Subsequent treatments would normally last three quarters of an hour, and occur weekly, their frequency varying from person to person and the type of condition. The average is about six visits.
