Acupuncture is a method of using ultra-thin needles to activate and conduct subtle energy throughout your body via the meridian pathways. Meridians are like energetic roadways on your body. They conduct and facilitate energy through your entire body, both superficially and down into the deepest regions, where your organs lie.
The areas of most conduction on these meridians are known as acupuncture points.
Meridians are the roadways, that is, the freeways of your physical body. Just as freeways can transport cars from one area to another, meridians transport energy from one area of your body to another. These freeways must be free of debris and obstacles in order for transportation to flow easily and naturally. When your meridians have obstructions, they block the flow of energy, thereby causing pain, discomfort, and various health problems.
The organs and various parts of your body require a free flow of energy to maintain health. When the pathways of your body are less than optimal, acupuncture simply readjusts these imbalances to successfully facilitate energy flow.
Metaphorically speaking…
- If there are too many cars on the freeway, the traffic jam causes cars to slow down or completely stop. Likewise, when there is an excess in these meridians, the energy flow can cease or slow to a crawl.
If there are too little cars on the roadway, there is not sufficient energy running through your system. A sufficient amount of Qi should be flowing through your meridians to experience a good sense of wellness.
If the integrity and foundation of the freeways are not strong, it cannot handle the amount of cars on them. Regardless of how much nutrient foods or supplements you take, your body is not likely to digest and process them if it is not strong enough. The nutrients are left unassimilated and eliminated out through the urine and stool.
Furthermore, an efficient transportation system requires roadways to connect to other roadways. They cannot stand alone. In order for energy to circulate properly, the meridians must also bridge to other meridians. Otherwise, they remain fragmented and disconnected and the Qi cannot flow in its proper course through all the 12 main meridians of the body.
Your body was born with an intelligence that innately knows how to function perfectly, and it is accustomed to this life force flowing easily and effortlessly. Acupuncture basically restores your body to its original energy flow to stimulate healing, without the use of drugs or invasive techniques and without side effects.
Chinese medicine knows unequivocally that Qi is essential to health. It is this energy flow that sustains the life force of your tissues, muscles, hormones, organs, and of you.