Traditional Oriental Medicine includes acupuncture, herbal therapy, cupping, moxibustion, bodywork and dietary therapy. This type of healing medicine is over 2000 years old and is based on an energetic model rather than the biochemical model of western medicine.
Acupuncture is the insertion of very fine, sterile, disposable needles into select acupoints body to affect the flow of Qi (energy) in the body. The intention of acupuncture is to regulate and harmonize the functioning of internal organs and their related meridians. Each organ is responsible for specific processes and the entire organ system interfaces through a series of trajectories, called meridian to form an integrated system. Health is optimal when all organs operate at their fullest potential. Disease, illness and emotional upset arise when one or more organs are deficient or excess in their function.
