Acupuncture is a healing technique used in traditional Chinese medicine. They use very thin needles to stimulate specific points in the body. These points lie on energy pathways called "meridians." The acupuncture treatments designed to improve the flow and balance of energy along these meridians.
Traditional Chinese medicine has existed for at least 2,500 years. Consider the human body as a system of energy flows. When these flows are balanced, the body is healthy. Practitioners take their patients' pulses and examine their tongues to diagnose energy imbalances. In Chinese medicine pulses can be taken at three positions on each wrist and three deep at every position.
The disease is not defined by symptoms or the name of a disease like "HIV infection." Instead, a practitioner of Chinese medicine will talk about energy imbalances. The language may seem very strange, like "yin deficiency" or "liver heat rising." The Chinese words "yin" and "yang" refer to energies that should be in balance, and "Qi" (pronounced "chi") can be roughly translated as energy or life force.
In traditional Chinese medicine there are many ways to improve the balance of the body's energy flows. The most common techniques used in the western world are exercise techniques such as Qigong or Tai Chi, acupuncture and herbs. Fact Sheet 704 has more information on Chinese herbs.
Many Chinese medicine practitioners specialize in acupuncture or herbalism. Very few use both.
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