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Acupuncture is a form of medicine originating from Asia and over 2000 years old. It is based on principles that relate to the observation, knowledge and the order of nature and how the universe works.
The Chinese observed that the universe is two polarities of Yin and Yang and of Five Elements: Fire, Earth, Metal, Water, and Wood. They also observed that human beings are a microcosm or reflection of nature and have both the polarities and the elements with in them. Each Element is represented by both a yin and a yang organ that work together as a team to make the body, mind and spirit healthy. Illness or disease happens when all or one of the elements are weak or out of balance causing the energy not to flow properly.
Classical Chinese Medicine states that Qi sometimes called vital force or life force moves through out the body along 12 pathways or channels meridian and feeds and controls the working of main organs and systems of the body.
Acupuncture is done by inserting very fine needles in specific points on the body to influence the Qi in properly flowing to feed these organs, to re-establish the body's rhythm with the natural cycles of day and night, the seasons, and the time of day. Once the energy is returned to its natural flow and balance in a person, the mind, body, and spirit then return to health.
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