What is Acupuncture?

Acupuncture is a traditional form of medicine which originated in China. Simply stated, it is the practice of needling specific points on the body in order to create health and resolve disease. As an organized system, it has been in existence for around 2,500 years and as practiced by Traditional Acupuncturists, its core principles remain largely unchanged.

Chinese medical theory details an intricate understanding of human functioning, and in particular the way in which a person’s physiology interacts with their emotional life and their environment to create their experience of being alive.

The diagnostic insights at the heart of Chinese Medicine allow an Acupuncturist to isolate the causes of any imbalance within a person to one or a series of organs within the body. The functioning of those imbalanced organs, which are responsible for that person’s unique experience of both their mind and their body, can then be influenced and rectified by needling the appropriate Acupuncture points.

Each of the 365 main Acupuncture points has a unique capacity to influence the activities of the visceral organs and in turn the areas of emotional life which those organs affect and are affected by. The overall view of treatment is to address a patient’s imbalance at its root, and to strengthen their constitution so they become healthier, happier, and more able to function effectively in all areas of their life.