Acupuncture Chinese Herbs Treatment for Cystitis

Maxine Baker

When I decided to go for acupuncture, eight years ago, I was literally ready to commit suicide. This was a last ditch effort to regain normal health.

For a year I had suffered with cystitis, quite a common complaint among women, but because mine recurred so often and I had a history of bladder problems, I had to undergo investigation in hospital-one of which left me quite ill.

I had been sighed off work for weeks because the cystitis had become chronic and every morning I woke up thinking that today would be better but the pain was still there and going to toilet had becoming a nightmare - not a relief!

My mother and my boyfriend (now husband) both discovered acupuncture within a day of each other! My mum saw an article in a newspaper and my husband's work colleague mentioned that he used acupuncture to my husband. Well this was it, I wasn't sure what it was all about but I had to do something be cause I was desperate.

I saw Qing, who made me feel very relaxed and happy in a way no doctor I had seen in the past year had. She took my pulse, gave me a form to fill out, asked me lots of questions and then put the needled in. I didn't know whether to expect a diminishing of pain straight away, but I know I left there feeling calmer and more relaxed than I had done in a long time!

The next morning I woke up and there was no pain I actually jumped out of bed that morning!

Ever since then I recommend Qing to anyone who has a long-term complaint because I believe it work! The Chinese have used this for thousands of years - a long time before our own healthcare view formed.

Qing treats the body as a whole and I have learned a lot about the way my body functions and how organs relate to each other-even my PMT is related to my kidneys and has been successfully treated by Qing. Qing has been able to bring me up to normal health and I feel I have a lot to thank her for - I lead a normal life: I have produced two massi ve babies, (now health children) which would not I have been possible without acupuncture.

Sometimes people ask me if it hurts- now I hate injections, so do you think I would have acupuncture if it was like injection? I enjoy my acupuncture sessions as the y are very relaxing and my lifestyle is quite hectic as I now run my own business as well as bring up a family, housework etc.

Another thing I have learn from acupuncture is that I now know how to look after myself, what foods can cure, and what food to avoid -depending on ailment! I have told Qing she is not allowed top retire because I don't think my quality of life would be anything like it is now!