Western Medical acupuncture is based upon first of all and of vital importance to the patient, a diagnosis made by the patients own GP of hospital specialist.
The treatment has a series of formulae for a very wide variety of conditions. These were researched over many years by the BAWMA and many trials which finally proved highly successful in results for the patients.
We would not consider that in the western medical world we use the so-called 'five elements, pulse diagnosis and the body energy referred to as yin & yang. We have moved on from that which is un-scientific and not acceptable within our NHS or by the medical profession.