ACUPUNCTURE is one of the oldest systems of medicine in human history. The earliest evidence dates back to around 3,000 years. Over this time, Acupuncture has been used by millions of people across the world to treat human health and for the care of animals also. Like other systems of medicine, its diagnostic tools are able to address any condition. It is reliable, effective and subtle.
VICTORIA CONRAN is a registered and fully insured member of the British Acupuncture Council www.acupuncture.org.uk. Her Acupuncture training began with the College of Integrated Chinese Medicine in Reading, Berks UK in 1994. Subsequently she has been committed to the development of her skills in Chinese Medicine. In particular, her CPD focus has been on women’s health and gynaecology; Chinese food and nutrition; pulse diagnosis; and more recently study of the herbal formulas of classical Chinese Medicine with Dr. Huang Huang. In 2008 she obtained her Certificate of Pre-prepared Herbal Formulas from The Northern College of Acupuncture and her Postgraduate Certificate in Chinese Herbal Medicine from the University of Westminster.
Victoria also has a background in Anthropology and holds an MA postgraduate degree in Medical Anthropology (SOAS 1999). She has conducted qualitative research into women’s experience of miscarriage care provision. Her research findings of the MYSS project, informed her commitment to work with pregnancy loss, and the effects on health which can arise from such experiences.
Victoria has worked in both private practice and as locum to a busy south London NHS surgery.