AVICENNA is the one of the leading clinics for acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine in the UK. We excel in the clinical practice of all aspects of Chinese medicine, and are well known for our successful approach to a wide range of acute and chronic conditions. Apart from general medicine we specialise in Skin Disease, Auto Immune and Allergy treatments and offer steroid free natural skin care products.
Please contact the clinic directly with your questions or use our website for more information. You may also join us on Facebook. This interview was published in the September issue of the American Journal Acupuncture Today.
Please contact the clinic directly with your questions or use our website for more information. You may also join us on Facebook. This interview was published in the September issue of the American Journal Acupuncture Today.
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Avicenna Centre for Chinese Medicine is a unique clinic and teaching centre providing unrivalled integrated healthcare. Our approach focuses on combining the vast heritage of Traditional Chinese Medicine with the latest scientific research findings and incorporating both aspects into our treatment methods.
Chinese Herbal Medicine has always been considered pre-eminent amongst the various methods of healing within traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). It is practised extensively throughout clinics and hospitals in China alongside Western medicine, yet at the same time the use of herbal ingredients is interwoven in the everyday life of China's population through their food tradition.
Acupuncture has been practiced in China and the Far East for thousands of years as an integral part of Traditional Chinese Medicine. It is a safe and effective system of healing that can be used to treat people of all ages with a wide range of illnesses. According to Chinese philosophy, our physical health is dependant on the balanced flow of Qi, the universal life force.
The Skin & Allergy Clinic at Avicenna was founded in 1991. It is led by Mazin Al-Khafaji, who has treated difficult and unusual diseases with great success for over 30 years. He is one of the leading clinicians in Traditional and Modern Chinese Medicine worldwide and has a particular interest in skin, allergic and autoimmune diseases.
The Skin & Allergy Clinic at Avicenna is led by Mazin Al-Khafaji who has treated dermatological disease with great success over the past 30 years. Avicenna offers the undoubted benefits of Chinese medicine in the treatment of both common and uncommon diseases of the skin - from a simple sun allergy to Lichen planus.
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B. Young
Jun 06, 2021
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Lucia Murcia Gomez
Feb 24, 2021
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Sophie Evans
Feb 05, 2021
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Saw Mazin for acne. First formula I liked and saw improvements (which i now think was due to something else i was taking for my liver), but the second formula really upset my gut and caused other unpleasant symptoms that were brushed off as “stress”, and worsened my skin. Things that I thought were behind my acne were dismissed as “fiction” like a typical GP doc would. I’ve since done tests with a naturopathic doc which have shown what I suspected and more and doing well with her protocol to tackle my root causes. The Chinese herbs are also incredibly expensive.
Lucy Baker
Aug 15, 2020
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Abbie Mead
Jul 12, 2020
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I came for acupuncture with Virginia Wood to help with insomnia and frequent urination. I think she did too strong a treatment on a first session with someone with a dysregulated nervous system. I had an emotional breakdown following the treatment and have still not fully recovered almost two weeks later. Virginia did offer a free treatment but I felt too traumatised to go back. Be careful with Acupuncture and ask to have treatments explained to you before you agree to proceed.
Tmi C.
May 20, 2020
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Sarah Appleton
Sep 02, 2019
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AVOID, Terrible experience. I have suffered from eczema for years, i felt hopeless and desperate and the consultant at the AVICENNA Clinic guaranteed me that my eczema would improve and eventually disappear . I saw improvements in the beginning and I was so happy, but after a while the treatment seemed to have no effects and it has not improved my eczema at all. I spent thousands of pounds here as the clinic insisted that it would improve , and all that money is gone now. I still suffer from eczema and I know how debilitating it can be but I would not recommend going here .
Alison J. Taylor
Oct 20, 2016
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I'm incredibly impressed with Avicenna, and I was an acupuncture skeptic to begin with. Not only have they cured me of a chronic shoulder pain, with acupuncture, they've put a stop to years of acid-reflux and stomach problems in just 4 weeks of herbal treatment. Doctors always told me it was just "one of those things" and I'd have to put up with it for life. 6 months after treatment at Avicenna, and it's not come back! I suffered from it for 15 years! They've also significantly improved my daughter's eczema over 3 weeks and it's still continuing to improve. Highly recommended!
Marc Stilek
May 26, 2013
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