Candida is a form of yeast, some of it lives in your mouth and intestines. It helps with your digestive process and helps absorb nutrients, but when there’s too much that gets into the bloodstream, it releases toxins into your body, and too much of it can cause symptoms such as thrush.

So how can you tell if you have it?

Candida Spit Test
1. Place a transparent glass filled with tap water beside your bed before you go to sleep.
2. In the morning, before you eat or drink anything, or brush your teeth, spit into the glass of water.
3. Leave it to stand for 20 – 30 minutes
4. Return to the glass and observe whether the spittle is still floating, has grown fine hair-like tendrils, or has sunk to the bottom of the glass.
5. If it has sunk to the bottom of the glass, you are probably free of Candida overgrowth in the gut.
6. If the spittle is still floating, and/or has grown fine hair-like tendrils, the likelihood is that a yeast
overgrowth exists.

The best way to get tested and to get some of the good bacteria back into your gut is to have a proper Allergy Testing, which our allergy tester will be able to ascertain if you have too much candida in your body and what to do about it.

If you want to book an allergy test just give us a call on 01803 500300

Can acupuncture really help?

After the birth of her youngest child, Gemma struggled through her days on just two hours’ sleep a night. She would worry about going to bed because she knew she would lie there for hours. During the night, unable to sleep, she would regularly leave her bed and take to the sofa where she would drop off in the early hours. She said “I’d fall asleep around 5am and then was up again at 7am.” The mother of three soon had to try and find ways to cope with minimal rest whilst still taking care of her family.

Gemma later found out she was suffering from insomnia but found prescribed tablets from her doctor didn’t work in the long term as things would get back to normal. Gemma carried on suffering with insomnia for 5 years. However, she had always found ways to manage and care for her children, now aged 11, 9 and 5 learning to live off whatever sleep she could grab.

Gemma was later on diagnosed with viral meningitis. She was treated for six days in hospital, but was left with severe pain in her back. It was then when she was recommended to visit an acupuncturist to see if the treatment could ease the problem. On the day of her appointment, Gemma couldn’t help but apologise as she felt so tired on arrival as she had barely slept at all. The Acupuncturist said it was common for people to see him tired or exhausted and treats people with a variety of problems and reassured Gemma that he was able to help and proceeded with the treatment.

Treatment of Acupuncture is undertaken with the holistic aim of restoring all the body systems to a state of balance. This is achieved by assessment to determine the source of the imbalance and involves placing fine needles with precision into certain points of the body. This assists the body’s ability to return to its natural balanced state of health.

Within 48 hours of that first treatment, Gemma noticed a difference and, after a total of just three visits, found she was able to sleep in her bed for 8 hours without disruptions. She said “The first time I slept through the night was amazing. I couldn’t believe it when I woke up. It’s fantastic.”

Find out more about Acupuncture and see how it could help you.

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