Our team works holistically with patients who are living with Crohn's disease, using Chinese Medicine diagnostic frameworks to assess the root causes driving intestinal inflammation and immune dysregulation.
We use a combination of acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, and dietary therapy to complement conventional medical management. A small number of randomised trials have reported improvements in disease activity scores and inflammatory markers in active Crohn's disease with acupuncture and moxibustion. Those were small studies that have not yet been confirmed in larger trials, so we treat this as promising rather than proven.
A 2014 study published in the World Journal of Gastroenterology found that moxibustion and acupuncture showed promise in supporting Crohn's disease management. Our team stays current with the latest research to provide treatment plans that are both clinically sound and personally tailored.
We understand that living with Crohn's disease is challenging. Our aim is your day-to-day wellbeing: pain, fatigue, appetite, sleep and the stress of an unpredictable illness. Crohn's needs ongoing specialist medical management, and we do not advise anyone to reduce or stop their medication. That conversation belongs with your gastroenterologist.