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Kim Gatenby

Aug 9, 2026

5:24
So can you explain in simple terms some of the ways that it may support women in menopause and how it all takes place?
5:33
okay so if you came in and you just if most people that come in they're a little bit unsure they say i don't know what to expect so you're going to have a consult you're going to have a chat and the great thing about acupuncture and chinese medicine is that we give a larger amount of time to those initial consults you've got usually up to an hour so 30 minutes of that might be spent having a talk about what's going on and we don't just say okay hot flushes here we're going to do this we have those full-on deep involved conversations about every little aspect of your life that's not perfect.
6:03
So like the sleep, like the brain fog, like, oh yeah, I've been getting those gallbladder symptoms as well.
6:09
And then after the consultation, the practitioner will have worked out in their head what's out of balance.
6:14
So it's all about bringing the body back into balance.
6:17
So MHT is about putting hormones back in that weren't there, but acupuncture is about rebalancing the body, bringing it back into its homeostasis.
6:27
So then you're going to lie on the acupuncture table and it's really, really teeny tiny fine acupuncture needles, and they just get inserted into different points.

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11:41
So what are some other symptoms in which acupuncture has shown to be really effective? In

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