Acupuncture and auricular therapy

Specific treatments for different pathologies

Who wants to approach the acupuncture and test the benefits may use the best specialists of this ancient Chinese medicine therapeutic art at the Clinica San Francesco.

The purpose of the acupuncture is to restore the state of health and wellbeing of the patient by inserting some needles in specific body points. The acupuncture provides for a physical stimulation with a variable thickness from 0.15 to 0.40 mm and variable length, realized with hypoallergenic material and preserved in sterile and disposable blister packs.

Generally the duration of a single session varies from 20 minutes to half an hour.

Besides the acupuncture the Diagnostic Centre offers an auricular therapy service that consists in use precise points of auricle, identified by an electrical and pressure detector to treat some syndromes. The therapy can be carried out both with needles and with massage and electrostimulation.

When to undergo acupuncture or auricular therapy

• Rheumatic and osteoarticular diseases, as spinal column arthrosis, backaches, disc herniations, carpal tunnel syndrome, muscle contractures and tendinitis.
• Neurological diseases as migraine, cluster headache and trigeminal neuralgia.
• Obstetric-gynecologic diseases, as irregularity of the infertility cycle, morning sickness and genitourinary infections.
• Andrological diseases, as impotence, asthenospermia and oligospermia.
• Dermatologic diseases, as acne and dermatitis
• Urologic diseases, cystitis, unstable cystitis and urinary incontinence
• Cardiocirculatory diseases, as palpitations, arrhythmia and hypertension.
• Gastroenterologic diseases, as gastritis, morning sickness, hiatal hernia, constipation and irritable colon
• Pneumologic diseases, as asthma and cough
• Otolaryngological diseases, as sinusitis, rhinitis, chronic pharyngitis and dysphonia
• Allergic manifestations, as urticaria, asthma, dermatitis, skin eruptions
• Psychiatric diseases, as anxiety, panic attacks and insomnia
• Dental diseases, as odontalgia and analgesia for tooth extraction
• Tobacco Addiction, reducing the syndrome of nicotine abstinence
• Obesity therapy, stimulating the metabolism and improving the adherence to diet