Diane Timewell Acupuncture
BSc LicAc MBAcC Member of British Acupuncture Council
Acupuncture has a very sound track record. Adverse reactions occur much less frequently than in traditional western medicine. The NHS describes acupuncture as 'a safe treatment' when carried out by a qualified practitioner, where 'serious side effects or complications arising from treatment are extremely rare'.
Responses to treatment can sometimes include tiredness or mild dizziness and occasionally minor bruising may occur. All such reactions are short-lived, however.
All members of the British Acupuncture Council (BAcC) are bound to a Code of Safe Practice and a Code of Professional Conduct. Stringent standards of hygiene and sterilisation for needles and other equipment, approved by the Department of Health, provide protection against the transmission of infectious diseases.
Only single-use sterile needles are used in treatment.