Helen Thomas DipAc DipCHM MBAcC MRCHM

Helen qualified in 1992 from The London School of Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine having completed five years of training and has practised in St Albans and Harpenden ever since.

Her practise includes all ages from 3 to 92 years and she says “it’s like being a GP, treating a whole range of illnesses and conditions but using Acupuncture and/or Chinese herbs to resolve the root cause of disease and symptoms.”

Since the start of the  Covid 19 pandemic Helen has taken extra professional training in  the treatment of Acute Covid cases and especially long Covid syndrome using Acupuncture and Chinese Herbs.

Alongside her general practise  Helen is currently working with the Jade Screen Project, a not-for-profit venture set up during COVID-19 to provide Chinese herbal medicine for our frontline workers.  We rely on donations which go towards funding herbal medicine for our frontline workers. To support this initiative, you can make a donation using the payment details on our website http://jadescreen.co.uk/donate/ or via our GoFundMe page https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-jade-screen-project. We are grateful for all donations however large or small. Thank you.

Helen is especially interested in Women’s health and reproductive medicine – from fibroids/ovarian cysts, menopause to natural/assisted fertility issues for both partners in conjunction with western medicine eg. IUI, IVF, Donor Cycles and continuing care during pregnancy.

She is a member of Acupuncture in Childbirth Team  (ACT) in Hertfordshire – a group of practitioners dedicated to providing obstetric and fertility care. Helen is on the approved list of Acupuncturists for the Herts & Essex Fertility Clinic. She works with and has referrals from local GP’s, Gynaecologists, Midwives, Osteopaths and other Complementary Health practitioners.

Helen is a member of the main regulatory bodies for Chinese Medicine in Great Britain. These bodies – the British Acupuncture Council and Register of Chinese Herbal Medicine – both require their members to have had professional & stringent training and are bound by a strict code of ethics, good practise and have full professional insurance.

Helen has a St Albans Clinic and is Director of The Southdown Clinic .

Helen is a qualified  Supervisor/ Mentor and offers this service to groups and on an individual basis to other healthcare professionals. If you are interested in supervision please contact her –  helenthomastcm@aol.com