Acupuncture is based on the premise that QI or Life Energy, courses through channels in the body just as streams and rivers ebb and flow across the surface of the earth. Every Organ Network has a corresponding set of channels.
The acupuncture points are located in small depressions in the sites called “gates” where the channels come closest to the surface. With acupuncture, the gates of the body are opened and closed to adjust circulation in the channels and expel noxious influences from them.
Very thin, solid, sterile, stainless steel acupuncture needles are inserted into acupuncture points to communicate from the outside to the inside. Acupuncture mobilizes QI, Moisture and Blood, invigorating proper function of muscles, nerves, vessels, glands, fluids and organs.
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