What is acupuncture?
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​Acupuncture is probably the first therapy that patients think of when they consider seeking Traditional Chinese Medical healing. As one of the commonest and certainly one of the oldest types of Chinese medical therapies, acupuncture has gained international recognition in recent decades as western scientific research increasingly corroborates what TCM practitioners have known for millennia – acupuncture is a technique that has provable therapeutic benefits.
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Acupuncture is the practice of inserting needles into the superficial skin, subcutaneous tissue, and muscles at particular acupuncture points and manipulating them.
In TCM, there are as many as 2,000 acupuncture points on the human body that are connected by 12 main meridians. These meridians conduct energy, or “Qi,” between the surface of the body and its internal organs.
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Acupuncture is the stimulation of different points along the meridians, often where the fourteen channels of energy flow interconnect. These acupoints can be stimulated by several different methods including massage, with needles, with heat, with suction, with burning or a combination of these. By stimulating the acupoints the practitioner is able to remove the blockage, imbalance or impediment and this allows qi to flow smoothly again, thus restoring balance and wellness to the system, and permitting the organs to work together harmoniously again.
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Once acupuncture has restored the flow of qi to the body, organs, and mind and has reestablished harmony and balance, it will be possible for the body to start to self-repair and heal itself.
Moxibustion
Moxibustion is a therapy that involves burning moxa (mugwort root) made from dried Artimesia vulgaris (spongy herb) to facilitate healing. Burning moxa produces a great deal of smoke and a pungent odor that often is confused with that of cannabis. The purpose of moxibustion is to warm and invigorate the blood, stimulate the flow of Qi, strengthen the kidney Yang, expel wind and disperse cold, and dissolve stagnation. Historically, this therapy had been used to treat menstrual pain.
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