Acupuncture is a method of accessing the body's vital energy,
or Qi (pronounced "chee") by stimulating points on the body.
With acupuncture, the body's balance can be restored with the insertion of hair thin
needles at specific points on channels or "meridians" - fourteen energetic pathways
mapped on the body through which Qi flows. These meridians run just beneath the
skin like flowing rivers to communicate with the body's major organs. Specific points
along particular meridians activate the body's energy to facilitate healing from the root
cause as well as the symptoms.
or Qi (pronounced "chee") by stimulating points on the body.
With acupuncture, the body's balance can be restored with the insertion of hair thin
needles at specific points on channels or "meridians" - fourteen energetic pathways
mapped on the body through which Qi flows. These meridians run just beneath the
skin like flowing rivers to communicate with the body's major organs. Specific points
along particular meridians activate the body's energy to facilitate healing from the root
cause as well as the symptoms.
| Acupuncture is one of the oldest forms of healing known to mankind. It originated in Asia nearly five thousand years ago. The fact that it is still being practiced today speaks much for the efficacy of this treatment and for the truth of the principles on which it is based. These principles relate to the Order of Nature (the way universe works). The observation and knowledge of the principles can be seen to underlie the whole of Chinese culture, including all traditional Oriental medical thinking. |
| Since acupuncture does not involve medications, it is rather a safe procedure with virtually no side effects. Acupuncture can be applied to a wide range of ailments - not just for pain, from physiological (such as allergies, palpitations, gastritis, etc.) to psychological (anxiety, depression, Attention-Deficit Disorder, etc.). During your initial consultation, you will be told if your condition is suitable for acupuncture treatment; if herbs are appropriate; or a combination of both may be recommended. Only pre-sterilized disposable acupuncture needles are used. |
| A practitioner of traditional acupuncture has certain aims in mind when treating a patient. |
| 1. To treat the patient as a whole This means that the practitioner considers the physical body, the mind and the spirit together as a whole; as a unity. Seemingly unrelated symptoms are directly and indirectly related because they are manifesting in one body. |
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| 2. To see the cause of the disease The pains and symptoms may be only distress signals to a larger picture of underlying problems. The acupuncturist will try to find the underlying reason why the disease is present. The objective is to focus on the person and the disease. |
| 3. Having found the seat of the energy imbalance, to correct the cause of the problem. When the person's meridian energy is restored to balance and harmony, the symptoms of the illness begin to disappear (without treatment of the symptoms). In other words, the individual's body constitution is addressed because the balancing of the constitution helps to restore proper function. |
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