How Does Chinese Acupuncture Work?

For 5,000 years, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has been a method of healing the body originating in the ancient Chinese culture. TCM includes the use of Acupuncture, Herbs, and Massage. It is based upon Yin and Yang and their balance in the body. The two represent poles of energy that flow opposite of each other in a complementary manner, allowing a balance of this energy. Everything has its own natural level of balance. Some people may be more yang than yin, others may be more yin than yang. It is when these natural balances become abnormal that illness and problems occur. In the body, there are non-visible channels flowing full of Qi. Qi is energy, some call it the life force energy. Along these channels exist points where the Qi collects. Each point on each channel possesses the potential to alter the flow of the Qi, thereby rebalancing the Yin and Yang. They may do this because there are sub-channels which serve as interconnections between the Acupoints on the Channels. For ...  more