Acupuncture, Chinese massage and Chinese herbal medicine are traditionally used to treat a wide variety of conditions.

Acupuncture is used effectively to treat acute and chronic pain and is included in the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) recommendations.

Valentina Profeta uses traditional Chinese and Western medical acupuncture, electroacupuncture, guasha and cupping to treat effectively neck, shoulder and back pain, headaches and migraines, joint pain and arthritis, fibromyalgia, muscular pain and sports injuries.

Many studies carried out in both China and the West show how effective traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture can be at correcting reproductive health issues.

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Stimulation of certain acupuncture points has been shown to affect areas of the brain that are known to reduce sensitivity to pain and stress, as well as promoting relaxation and deactivating the 'analytical' brain which is responsible for anxiety and worry.

Acupuncture is a safe and effective adjunct therapy for cancer care. A large number of RCTs (randomised clinical trials) have demonstrated that acupuncture is effective at reducing treatment induced nausea and vomiting, neuropathy, fatigue, neutropenia and radiation-induced xerostomia (dry mouth and throat). Chinese medicine works effectively at rebalancing the body and restoring harmony.

There is some encouraging evidence which suggests that acupuncture has a role to play in helping people to deal with longstanding sleep problems.

The successes demonstrated by various research projects have led to acupuncture treatment being recommended by NICE (the National Institute for Clinical Excellence) for cluster/severe headaches.

Many studies and clinical trials evaluate the efficacy and safety of acupuncture at promoting labour and helping with pain management during labour, treating breech presentation, pelvic girdle pain and back pain in pregnancy as well as emotional complaints.

Stress is such a wide-ranging and inclusive term that it is very difficult to give a blanket answer about the effectiveness of acupuncture, however as one of the senior medical acupuncturists in the UK said, if both acupuncture and the 'sham' acupuncture used in a major trial outperform conventional treatment, that has got to be worth investigating.

Chinese medicine works effectively with acupuncture and Chinese herbs to reduce pain and inflammation and regulate digestion, treating gastrointestinal disorders such as nausea and vomiting, heartburn, indigestion, IBS, peptic ulcers, Chron’s disease, constipation and diarrhoea.

Stimulating the skin by inserting tiny needles encourages the production of healing collagen, the protein which the body uses to keep the skin youthful and elastic.

Chinese herbal medicine dates back to the 3rd century BC and is based on the principle that in order to treat illness and achieve health, normal physiological balance must be restored in the body. A large amount of research published to this day shows that Chinese herbal medicine is both safe and effective at treating a wide variety of disorders.

Chinese massage (also known as Tui'na or Tuina massage) is an ancient form of medical therapy. It shares the same theoretical framework and principles as that of acupuncture and herbal medicine.