Our bodies are fundamentally composed of energy, known to us in Traditional Chinese terms as “Qi” (pronounced “Ch-eee”). In the Western world, we accept a similar idea via a law of physics Einstein developed. This law states that everything is made up of “matter” and that energy can neither be created or destroyed, only rearranged. Ice in your glass melts, paper is ripped, people experience pain. When ice in your glass melts, where does it go? It stays in your glass, merely changing to a liquid. When paper is ripped, it’s still paper – it’s just now in two pieces instead of one. When you feel pain, your nervous system and brain are activated in such a way that your body perceives a signal as pain instead of pleasure. Everything that exists is energy, just different expressions and vibrations that render different results.
Our bodies have active networks of “live wires” that conduct Qi to give signals for proper functioning. We call it the nervous system in the West, but in Acupuncture we see it as much more than that. There are Channels that traverse the body as well.
Through Acupuncture, we have methods to non-invasivly access these networks and manipulate signals when things aren’t transmitting as they should. Points along the Channels tap into the nervous and endocrine system and prompt the body to release chemicals to redirect or supplement whats out of balance.
Many people call it a “natural” medicine. Why? Because it’s true – in the sense that we stimulate the body to create chemical changes or stimulate cascades that invoke your body’s own highly sophisticated healing and self-regulating mechanisms.
What happens when there’s an imbalance in any system and something becomes depleted, broken or blocked? The system breaks down and if prolonged, “dis-ease” can occur. So then what happens when we restore balance and proper functioning to a broken system? Good health is achieved.
What about all those weird words we use?
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