The Chinese pierce needles in their skin and you think that these are for a circus or a masochist to practice. But actually this is acupuncture process in which needles poke into the skin to cure the diseases and it is a kind of medical treatment. Acupuncture process comes form china and is associated with Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM).
How Acupuncture Works
To lessen the pain fine filiform needles perforate into certain points in the body. , According to TCM these points positioned where the qi or the life energy flows. Meridian is the term used for areas of energy flow.
The most acupuncture points be in the twelve main meridians that match up the vital body organs such as the kidney, liver, and lungs. Through acupuncture many ailments can be treated. Problem like arthritis and headache as well as for weight loss acupuncture process is used in the West quite commonly.
This Chinese healing art was criticized by scientists and Western doctors that they say that there is no anatomical or histological basis for acupuncture points. But some study show that acupuncture is useful in number of circumstances.
A balance between yin and yang in the body entails good health in TCM and opposite forces that work together in synergy. Like dark and light, male and female, or high and low are Yin and yang.Yin is as female and yang is for male.
The most important aspects of TCM in acupuncture are free flow of blood and qi. There is no word alike for qi in English it is only translated but more or less, it can be considered as a form of life energy.
Sometime qi is too much or less or at some time stagnation in the certain parts of body. Where the qi are in surplus it is difficult but when there is a shortage, the objectives of acupuncture are meant to be achieved.
In short the healing art of acupuncture is amazing. Yet it is used to treat various disease even criticized by many scientists. If you are suffering from particular disease then you can look for acupuncture which is a natural and safe treatment. For many years acupuncture is used for its good reasons. |
