{"id":32713,"date":"2022-07-04T12:01:42","date_gmt":"2022-07-04T11:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/directory\/acupuncture\/"},"modified":"2025-06-19T18:02:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T17:02:10","slug":"acupuncture","status":"publish","type":"cp-directory","link":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/fr\/integrated-care-board\/directory\/acupuncture\/","title":{"rendered":"Acupuncture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Request for a referral for Acupuncture treatment.<\/p>\n      <div class=\"flex sm:grid sm:grid-cols-4 mb-5 gap-y-2 gap-x-4\">\n                  <div class=\"font-bold\">Mots-cl\u00e9s associ\u00e9s<\/div>\n          <div class=\"col-span-3\">\n                          Chinese medicine,                           needles,                           complementary medicine,                           alternative medicine                      <\/div>\n                  <div class=\"font-bold\">Qui peut postuler<\/div>\n          <div class=\"col-span-3\">\n                          M\u00e9decin g\u00e9n\u00e9raliste, consultant                      <\/div>\n                  <div class=\"font-bold\">Voies d&#039;orientation<\/div>\n          <div class=\"col-span-3\">\n                          Acc\u00e8s fond\u00e9 sur des crit\u00e8res                      <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n\n<p>Acupuncture is a treatment derived from ancient Chinese medicine in which fine needles are inserted at certain sites in the body for therapeutic or preventative purposes.<\/p>\n<p>It is often seen as a form of complementary or alternative medicine (CAM) although it is used in many NHS general practices, as well as the majority of pain clinics and hospices in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Western medical acupuncture is the use of acupuncture after a proper medical diagnosis. It is based on scientific evidence that shows the treatment can stimulate nerves under the skin and in muscle tissue.<\/p>\n<p>This results in the body producing pain-relieving substances, such as endorphins. It is likely these substances are responsible for any beneficial effects seen with this form of acupuncture.<\/p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Request for a referral for Acupuncture treatment.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-32713","cp-directory","type-cp-directory","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cp-directory\/32713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cp-directory"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cp-directory"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cp-directory\/32713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40760,"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cp-directory\/32713\/revisions\/40760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bnssghealthiertogether.org.uk\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}