Gentle, Non-Invasive Toyohari Acupuncture
in Ipswich

Toyohari differs from most other forms of acupuncture in that it uses gentle yet effective treatment methods, placing great emphasis on eastern medicine diagnosis using pulse and palpation skills.

Toyohari needling is “contact needling”, where a silver filament (needle) or probe is held over the skin without touching it. No discomfort is experienced.

Common complaints such as pain management, fatigue, and stress related to some autoimmune disorders. East Asian Medicine treatments can assist through the application of Toyohari. Toyohari treatment is also effective for bruises, sprains, and muscular-skeletal disorders.

Children from birth to age 10 can be successfully treated with Toyohari Acupuncture. This non-invasive method of stroking with specific instruments is soothing and assists in enabling speedy recovery in children.

The theoretical basis of Toyohari is concerned with regulating an individual’s life force and body energy – the movement of blood and energy in the body, which is vital to good health. The Chinese and Japanese realised many centuries ago that disease is primarily the result of wrong living and a lack of concern with bettering health. Their philosophy is that we choose and create our own illnesses through bad eating, lack of exercise, not living in the seasonal environment appropriately, emotional distress and through over-work. The Acupuncture Way is to live harmoniously so that disease is prevented in the first place.

The Toyohari Medical Association was founded in Japan in 1959 by Koko Fukushima, a well-known blind acupuncturist (many Japanese acupuncturists are blind). Toyohari evolved out of earlier developments in meridian therapy in the 1930s and 1940s. However, its theoretical foundation is rooted in Chinese classical acupuncture texts over 2000 years old – the medical classics: Nei Jing, SuWen, Ling Shu and primarily the Nan Jing.