How does Chinese acupuncture relate to Western medicine?
Acupuncture is the ancient Chinese medical art of inserting fine needles into predetermined points of the body to produce physiological changes and healing. As a treatment system acupuncture is as effective as or in some cases more effective than western medicine particularly when treating horses. Until recently the mode of action was not fully understood and it could only be explained in terms of ancient, non-scientific, conceptual terms. Physiology is the study of how the body functions. Neurophysiology is the study of how the nervous system functions. Now that acupuncture’s action can be explained in scientific terms it may be demonstrated that acupuncture is a form of applied neurophysiology. This understanding enabled the introduction of a rational advanced method of non-invasive “acupuncture” treatment which is pain-free, sterile, safe and very effective. By using the energy of particular wavelengths of light (which Einstein called photons), it is possible to stimulate tissue and
