Acupuncture Council of Ireland
The ACI is responsible for the regulation and maintenance of a Register of Acupuncturists in Ireland. Only suitably qualified and insured practitioners can become members of ACI. All members are bound by a Code of Ethics and Code of Practice, which is enforced by the Executive Committee of the ACI, thus offering a guarantee of confidence to any patient seeking treatment.
It is a condition of membership that each practicing member carries Professional Indemnity and Public Liability Insurance Cover.
The Acupuncture Council of Ireland (ACI) can put you in touch with fully qualified practitioners of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture in Ireland. We have over 500 members nationwide and are the longest established association of acupuncturists in Ireland.
The ACI have developed a vision and mission statement to focus and deliver on our passion,
Excellence and innovation within acupuncture
Latest News
Acupuncture Podcast – Episode 1 & 2
How Acupuncture Helped Me Welcome to the ACI podcast Click on the following link to go to Spotify for each episode: Episode 1 - An Introduction to Acupuncture Episode 2 - How Acupuncture Helped [...]
Acupuncture for Migraine
EVIDENCE SUMMARY: ACUPUNCTURE FOR MIGRAINE Cochrane reviews are a specific type of systematic review, and two Cochrane reviews – one on acupuncture’s effectiveness for the prevention of tension-type headache (1), and another on acupuncture’s [...]
Acupuncture for Pain
Pain Background Pain can broadly be broken down into acute and chronic pain. According to Chronic Pain Ireland (1), acute pain is referred to as a useful pain and is defined as lasting less [...]
Acupuncture for Nausea and Vomiting
EVIDENCE SUMMARY: ACUPUNTURE FOR NAUSEA AND VOMITINGTreatment for nausea depends on what is causing it. In some cases, the cause of nausea or vomiting cannot be easilyavoided, such as:● postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV)● chemotherapy-induced [...]
Q&A: What Exactly Is Acupuncture?
If you're new to acupuncture, want to find out more or just curious about how this ancient Chinese medicine works, this is the Q&A for you. ACI member; Eva Heffernan answers some of the most [...]
Peripheral Neuropathy
CASE STUDY : TREATMENT OF PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY WITH ELECTROACUPUNCTURE By Jutta Brassil Peripheral neuropathy is a syndrome composed of sensory, motor and vasomotor symptoms which may occur singly or in combination caused by simultaneous [...]
National register of upwards on 500 members.
