AURICULAR ACUPUNCTURE

Acupuncture has been successful in reducing both symptoms of withdrawal and craving from drugs and alcohol for many years now. It is a well-established and effective form of treatment practiced in several states in the US and in many centres in the UK. The Core Trust has been using acupuncture to treat addiction since 1986; we have also been training other health professionals since 1999.

Five needles are inserted in to each ear for up to 40 minutes. The needles go into points that affect organ/body functions concerned with cleansing the body.
Auricular acupuncture helps relieve headaches, body aches, sweats, sleep disturbances, tremors, anxiety and depression. It also helps to improve mental clarity, decrease anger, and reduce cravings.

Acupuncture is not a miracle but it does relieve a lot of the discomfort of withdrawal while it restores the body's energy and internal functions to normal. Ear acupuncture is an affective treatment for any substance including Crack, Heroin, Methadone, Barbiturates, Benzodiazepines, PCP and Alcohol. 

AURICULAR ACUPUNCTURE TRAINING

The Core Trust has been using auricular acupuncture since the late 1980’s we have pioneered its use in drug and alcohol rehabilitation and are a training organisation for NADA UK and reassessment centre. The head of our Auricular Acupuncture training programme is Rachel Peckham (connect to NADA website here) who has been an acupuncturist for over 15 years and a NADA trainer for 10. The head of our clinical training is Jacqueline Mangold who can be reached at jacqueline@coretrust.org