About ACUZEN
Our Expertise
At AcuZen, we believe in the holistic approach to health. Our focus is on treating the root cause of ailments through traditional Chinese acupuncture combined with strong Western Medical Knowledge in Chester.
Meet Nadja
Nadja is a passionate and dedicated Five-Element Traditional Acupuncturist with a unique blend of Brazilian warmth and German precision. A fully insured member of the British Acupuncture Council (BAcC), she graduated with Distinction from The Acupuncture Academy—one of the UK’s most respected institutions, accredited by the British Acupuncture Accreditation Board.
Before embracing Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nadja trained and worked as a medical doctor in Brazil, holding a degree in Conventional Medicine, a specialisation in Endocrinology, and a master’s degree in the same field.
After moving to the UK five years ago, Nadja shifted her focus to holistic healing—bringing together her deep scientific knowledge and her long-standing passion for Chinese Medicine. She believes in treating the whole person, not just the symptoms, and is devoted to helping others find balance, vitality, and well-being through personalised, compassionate care in Chester.
Five Element Acupuncture
Five Element Acupuncture is a powerful, heart-centred approach to healing rooted in the ancient wisdom of Traditional Chinese Medicine. This beautiful system views each person as a unique blend of the five elements—Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water—each representing different aspects of our body, mind, and spirit.
When one element falls out of balance, it can affect our physical health, emotional well-being, or sense of purpose. By identifying and treating the root imbalance, Five Element Acupuncture helps restore harmony, resilience, and inner vitality.
This style of acupuncture is deeply personal and holistic. It’s not just about relieving symptoms—it’s about helping you feel more like yourself: more grounded, more joyful, more alive.
Whether you're dealing with stress, chronic illness, emotional challenges, or simply feel “off,” Five Element Acupuncture offers a gentle yet profound path back to balance, as a complementary alternative for pain relief in Chester.
ACUZEN Vision
With a focus on holistic healing, AcuZen aims to restore balance to the mind, body, and spirit using the ancient Five Element Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine techniques to help alleviate pain (acupuncture for pain relief), reduce stress, and improve overall well-being in Chester.
A serene and peaceful atmosphere promotes relaxation and healing, allowing you to escape the hustle and bustle of everyday life and find inner peace. Each session is tailored to your needs, ensuring a personalised and effective treatment, which might include auricular acupuncture and other Chinese Medicine techniques.
Experience the calming and healing benefits of acupuncture at AcuZen, your acupuncture clinic.
When the mind is calm, the body is at ease. When spirit is harmonious, all is in balance.
Huangdi Neijing (Yellow Emperor’s Inner Classic)
Services at ACUZEN
Acupuncture (needling)
Acupuncture (needling)
Acupuncture (needling)
Acupuncture is a holistic therapy rooted in Traditional Chinese Medicine that aims to restore the healthy flow of Qi (vital energy) through the body’s meridians. Fine needles are gently inserted at specific points to rebalance energy, support healing, and enhance overall well-being.
During each session, Nadja tailors treatment based on you
Acupuncture is a holistic therapy rooted in Traditional Chinese Medicine that aims to restore the healthy flow of Qi (vital energy) through the body’s meridians. Fine needles are gently inserted at specific points to rebalance energy, support healing, and enhance overall well-being.
During each session, Nadja tailors treatment based on your unique symptoms, constitution, and health goals. The result is a deeply therapeutic experience that supports both body and mind.
Benefits of Acupuncture:
• Pain Relief – Eases chronic pain like back pain, arthritis, and migraines
• Stress Reduction – Calms the nervous system and relieves anxiety and tension
• Better Sleep – Helps regulate sleep cycles and reduce insomnia
• Digestive Support – Relieves symptoms like bloating, indigestion, and IBS
• Immune Boosting – Enhances your body’s natural defense system
• Mental Health Support – Aids in managing depression, anxiety, and PTSD
Safe, natural, and personalised—acupuncture offers a path to greater balance, vitality, and wellness. – Enhances your body’s natural defence system
Auricular Acupuncture
Acupuncture (needling)
Acupuncture (needling)
Also known as ear acupuncture or auriculotherapy, this technique stimulates specific points on the outer ear to support healing throughout the body. Based on the concept of the ear as a microsystem reflecting the whole body, it uses fine needles, ear seeds, or magnets to target points linked to organs, systems, and emotional states.
Benefi
Also known as ear acupuncture or auriculotherapy, this technique stimulates specific points on the outer ear to support healing throughout the body. Based on the concept of the ear as a microsystem reflecting the whole body, it uses fine needles, ear seeds, or magnets to target points linked to organs, systems, and emotional states.
Benefits of Auricular Acupuncture:
• Pain Relief – Helps ease headaches, migraines, back pain, and joint pain
• Stress & Anxiety Reduction – Promotes deep relaxation and emotional balance
• Addiction Support – Aids in recovery from smoking, alcohol, and substance use (NADA protocol)
• Improved Sleep – Supports restful sleep and helps relieve insomnia
• Mental Health Support – Assists in managing anxiety, depression, and PTSD
• Chronic Condition Support – Complements care for issues like hypertension and digestive or respiratory concerns
• Holistic Healing – Addresses physical, emotional, and energetic imbalances
Auricular acupuncture offers a gentle, effective, and integrative approach to well-being.
Moxibustion
Acupuncture (needling)
Dry Vacuum Cupping
Moxibustion is a traditional Chinese medicine technique that involves burning dried mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris) near specific points on the body to stimulate healing. Often used alongside acupuncture or as a standalone treatment, it works by warming the meridians and enhancing the flow of Qi (vital energy) to restore balance and promote
Moxibustion is a traditional Chinese medicine technique that involves burning dried mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris) near specific points on the body to stimulate healing. Often used alongside acupuncture or as a standalone treatment, it works by warming the meridians and enhancing the flow of Qi (vital energy) to restore balance and promote wellness.
Benefits of Moxibustion:
• Pain Relief – Eases arthritis, muscle tension, and menstrual cramps
• Improved Circulation – Enhances blood flow and tissue healing
• Immune Support – Strengthens the body’s natural defenses
• Digestive Health – Helps relieve bloating, indigestion, and discomfort
• Stress Relief – Calms the nervous system and promotes relaxation
• Fertility Support – May aid reproductive health and cycle regulation
• Breech Baby Positioning – Can assist in turning a breech baby naturally
• Holistic Wellness – Balances physical and energetic systems for overall vitality
This gentle, heat-based therapy offers a deeply nurturing and supportive approach to healing and well-being.
Dry Vacuum Cupping
Acupuncture (needling)
Dry Vacuum Cupping
Cupping is an ancient healing technique used to relieve pain, improve circulation, and promote relaxation. Originating from traditional Chinese medicine, it involves placing glass or silicone cups on the skin to create gentle suction. This suction encourages the flow of Qi and blood, helping to release tension and support the body’s natur
Cupping is an ancient healing technique used to relieve pain, improve circulation, and promote relaxation. Originating from traditional Chinese medicine, it involves placing glass or silicone cups on the skin to create gentle suction. This suction encourages the flow of Qi and blood, helping to release tension and support the body’s natural healing processes.
Benefits of Cupping:
• Pain Relief – Eases muscle tension, stiffness, and inflammation
• Improved Circulation – Enhances blood and lymph flow for faster healing
• Relaxation & Stress Relief – Promotes calm and eases anxiety
• Detoxification – Supports the body’s natural detox pathways
• Immune Support – Helps strengthen resistance to illness
• Muscle Recovery – Speeds recovery and boosts athletic performance
Cupping can be used alone or alongside acupuncture and massage for deeper therapeutic benefits.
Gua Sha
Far Infrared Heat Lamp & Mat Therapy
Tui Na (Medical Massage)
Gua Sha is a traditional Chinese healing technique that involves gently scraping the skin with a smooth-edged tool to boost circulation, relieve tension, and support the body’s natural detoxification. This ancient method helps release muscle tightness, reduce inflammation, and enhance overall vitality.
How it works:
After applying oil to t
Gua Sha is a traditional Chinese healing technique that involves gently scraping the skin with a smooth-edged tool to boost circulation, relieve tension, and support the body’s natural detoxification. This ancient method helps release muscle tightness, reduce inflammation, and enhance overall vitality.
How it works:
After applying oil to the skin, a jade, quartz, or ceramic tool is used in sweeping strokes. This motion increases blood flow and draws out stagnation, often leaving temporary red or purple marks—signs of the body’s healing response.
Benefits of Gua Sha:
• Pain Relief – Eases muscle tension, stiffness, and inflammation
• Reduced Inflammation – Helps manage arthritis, tendonitis, and more
• Improved Circulation – Enhances the flow of blood and Qi
• Detoxification – Supports the body’s natural cleansing processes
• Stress Relief – Promotes deep relaxation and emotional release
• Immune Support – Strengthens the body’s natural defenses
Gua Sha offers a gentle yet powerful way to restore balance and improve well-being.
Tui Na (Medical Massage)
Far Infrared Heat Lamp & Mat Therapy
Tui Na (Medical Massage)
Tui Na (pronounced "twee nah") is an ancient Chinese therapeutic massage that combines pressing, kneading, rolling, and stretching techniques to promote healing and restore balance. As a key component of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tui Na targets both physical and energetic imbalances.
Benefits of Tui Na:
• Pain Relief – Eases muscle ten
Tui Na (pronounced "twee nah") is an ancient Chinese therapeutic massage that combines pressing, kneading, rolling, and stretching techniques to promote healing and restore balance. As a key component of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tui Na targets both physical and energetic imbalances.
Benefits of Tui Na:
• Pain Relief – Eases muscle tension, stiffness, and injury-related discomfort
• Improved Mobility – Enhances flexibility and joint range of motion
• Stress Reduction – Releases physical and emotional tension
• Digestive Support – Aids digestion and relieves bloating and indigestion
• Immune Boosting – Stimulates the body’s natural defense systems
• Holistic Well-being – Balances body, mind, and energy for overall vitality
Tui Na offers a tailored, hands-on approach to support your health and wellness naturally.
Far Infrared Heat Lamp & Mat Therapy
Far Infrared Heat Lamp & Mat Therapy
Far Infrared Heat Lamp & Mat Therapy
Infrared therapy uses gentle heat and light to penetrate deeply into the body, enhancing circulation, reducing inflammation, and promoting cellular repair. When combined with acupuncture, it amplifies healing by warming acupuncture points, relaxing muscles, and supporting the smooth flow of Qi and blood.
Benefits include:
• Enhanced pain r
Infrared therapy uses gentle heat and light to penetrate deeply into the body, enhancing circulation, reducing inflammation, and promoting cellular repair. When combined with acupuncture, it amplifies healing by warming acupuncture points, relaxing muscles, and supporting the smooth flow of Qi and blood.
Benefits include:
• Enhanced pain relief and muscle relaxation
• Improved circulation and tissue repair
• Reduced inflammation and joint stiffness
• Deep relaxation and stress reduction
This soothing, non-invasive therapy complements acupuncture beautifully—helping you feel balanced, restored, and deeply revitalized.
A sound healing environment
Far Infrared Heat Lamp & Mat Therapy
Far Infrared Heat Lamp & Mat Therapy
Sound therapy uses the healing vibrations of Tibetan singing bowls and specific Hertz frequencies to promote deep relaxation and energetic balance. When paired with acupuncture, these resonant tones help calm the nervous system, enhance the flow of Qi, and support emotional and physical healing.
Benefits include:
• Deep relaxation and stre
Sound therapy uses the healing vibrations of Tibetan singing bowls and specific Hertz frequencies to promote deep relaxation and energetic balance. When paired with acupuncture, these resonant tones help calm the nervous system, enhance the flow of Qi, and support emotional and physical healing.
Benefits include:
• Deep relaxation and stress relief
• Emotional release and mental clarity
• Energetic balancing and grounding
• Enhanced effectiveness of acupuncture treatments
Let the gentle power of sound harmonize body and mind, creating a deeply restorative healing experience.
Evil Bone Water
Evil Bone Water - Zheng Xie Gu Shui, by Saint Apothecary
At AcuZen, we are pleased to offer Evil Bone Water — a premium, handcrafted herbal liniment by Saint Apothecary, rooted in the traditional Chinese formula Zheng Gu Shui. Ask your practitioner for more information.
Give the Gift of Self-Care
Treat someone special to the ultimate self-care experience with an acupuncture gift card from acuzen.co.uk. Our gift cards can be redeemed for any of our services, including acupuncture, cupping, and gua sha. Give the gift of relaxation and rejuvenation today.
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Nadja in room 6 of the Hoole MediSpa.
AcuZen home in the heart of Chester: The Hoole MediSpa
