East Asian Medicine - Acupuncture

Acupuncture Channels

"Disrupted movement in the acupuncture channels indicates disease."

Huangfu Mi 皇甫謐3rd century Chinese scholar physician

Acupuncture has been practiced in China, Japan, and Korea for thousands of years as an integral part of various East Asian medical traditions. It has spread throughout the world and is now used in more than 130 countries. Acupuncture is a safe and effective system of healing that can be used to treat people of all ages with a wide range of illnesses.

According to East Asian medical philosophies, the state of our health is dependent on the unhindered movement and transformation of qi within our bodies. This can become disordered by different factors, amongst them emotional stress, anger, fear or grief, hereditary dispositions, or outside influences such as poor nutrition, infection or trauma. The insertion of very fine needles into the channels that transmit qi throughout the body can remedy such disorders by restoring a smooth and unhindered flow. In this way an acupuncturist aims to stimulate the body's own healing power and restore the innate equilibrium and harmonious state of balance of the physical and emotional aspects that constitute health and well-being.

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