Acupuncture is an ancient therapeutic technique from a time when the feudal Chinese were more nomadic and didn’t have reliable access to herbal medicine. The original needles were made of stone and bone and were much thicker than the fine filiform needles used today. Our understanding of the ‘heavenly streams’- the acupuncture channels- are one of the many gifts to humanity endowed upon us by the ancient Taoists who sat in deep meditation and sensed these esoteric paths within themselves. The points derived from these paths represent nexuses where channels cross and facilitate communication, through the skin, into the patient’s energetic and fascial body matrix. As a therapy acupuncture influences the mind, body and spirit.
Acupuncture therapy may include:
· Manual massage therapy (tuina)
· Moxibustion (herbal heat therapy)
· Electro-stim Acupuncture
· Auricular Acupuncture
· Hot stone therapy
· Cupping
· Diet therapy
Acupuncture is helpful for:
· Acute and chronic pain
· Smoking and other addictions
· Digestive disorders
· Respiratory disorders
· Gynecological and Urological disorders
· Pediatric problems
· Eye disorders
· Aesthetic, rejuvenating facial therapy
