acupuncture annoyance....

JPS

Well-Known Member
Joined
Aug 6, 2008
Messages
133
Reaction score
0
Went to a place in Ealing today to get an acupuncture consultation as I have read that it can be very helpful for fertility, normalising cycles etc. The brochure said free consultation. So I booked the free consultation and was then told I would need to pay a £10 registration fee. Paid it and had my consultation. I then had to reexplain everything I had written down as he didn't know what 'menstruation' is etc.

He took my pulse with his fingers and said I am very slow. He then asked if I had had regular cycles in the past and I explained that I have been on depo on and off since the age of 16/17 so can't really tell as only started periods from when I was 15.

From that he told me I definitely have a problem with my ovaries and will need acupuncture, cupping, light therapy and herbs to assist. So instead of £25/session (I will need 1-2) for just acupuncture it will be £60 plus £5 a day for a herbs (ie £155 week rather than £25-£50 depending on if I have 1 or 2 sessions).

I asked if I could just have acupuncture and he said you can but it is "like starting a car without putting fuel in it"....

I left feeling down now that I "definitely have a problem with my ovaries", ripped off and said that I will think about it as I just wanted acupuncture but don't think it is even worth that if it is "like starting a car without putting fuel in it"

I thought the place would be good as it is a chain that has many branches around London: China Healthcare.

Has anyone had any acupuncture success? Did you need to have the other therapies with it? Can anyone recommend an acupuncturist in West London?
 
I have had accupuncture in the past and found it absolutely fantastic (it can hurt like hell, so be warned).

I started having it about 6 months before my wedding back in 06 as I suffered from such bad hayfever and allergies - it really made a difference, and I would recommend it.

However I used a private accupuncturist who worked in a small Natural Health clinic and not someone from a chain (I much prefer smaller, private clinics, to large commercial chains in everything I buy).

If the clinic offered a free consultation, then a free consultation is what you should have had.........grrrrrrrrr they definitely sound like cowboys!

Have a look on the following site:

http://www.acupuncture.org.uk/content/P ... ition.html

Good luck
 
I have had acupuncture a few times when I had knee problems, it definitely worked, like you I went to a chain company first and felt utterly ripped off, they also made me try and drink this vile tea which tasted like bark and made me :puke: :puke: lots, so I went to a private practitioner and he was sooo much better.
 

Users who are viewing this thread

Members online

No members online now.

Latest posts

Forum statistics

Threads
473,584
Messages
4,654,687
Members
110,062
Latest member
mzoel1257
Back
Top