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This article is to help you understand more about acupuncture. If you already benefit from acupuncture, the information can help you share with others how acupuncture can help them.

Acupuncture is a primary health care approach that has flourished for over 2,500 years in china and is used throughout Europe and Asia. It is considered one of the newest primary health care provisions in the United States. Acupuncture has grown as Eastern and Western medical physicians, medical researchers, and the general public’s experience, integrate and broadcast the benefits that acupuncture has to offer. Over 12 million Americans have turned to acupuncture for help already; each year millions more will use acupuncture as part of their health care treatment program.

Acupuncture is based on the ancient Chinese concept of Holism and the belief that Health is influenced by the life force called “Qi” (energy) which consists of a harmonious mixture of Yin and Yang and circulates through the body via special pathways or channels called “Meridians”. On the surface of these pathways are “Acupuncture points”; if for any reason the energy flow is blocked, illness is the result.

In all diseases whether physical or mental, there are tender areas at certain points on the body’s surface which will disappear when the illness is cured. These acupuncture points are where the needles would be inserted and allows for the proper balance of energy and health to be restored.

The World Health Organization (WHO) of the United Nations declares that acupuncture successfully treats a number of conditions. Studies are released each month worldwide in professional journals describing new uses. Acupuncture is far more than a technique of inserting tiny threadlike needles along the body’s meridian lines; it is a complex system of diagnosing symptoms. Acupuncture is applied based on discerning a “pattern harmony” and treating accordingly. Modern acupuncturists may use a variety of treatment methods such as physiotherapy, herbal medicines, moxibustion and/or nutrition.

Acupuncture can strengthen your physical body, prevent disease, control pain, and achieve longevity. You will find the aim of oriental medicine is not limited to relieving or ridding the body of symptoms; it is to increase both your ability to function and the quality of life.