Acupuncture in Hickory Hills, Il
Can you benefit from Acupuncture? Dr. Linda Ehlers, your Hickory Hills Chiropractor, explains...
Acupuncture is one of the modalities of Oriental medicine. Although what is called acupuncture in the West compromises several different therapies (such as moxibustion and cupping) mostly it consists of the insertion of fine needles into the body at specific points shown to be effective in the treatment of specific health problems. These points have been mapped by the Chinese over a period of 2,000 years, and there are more than 1,000 known acupoints.
In the past three decades, electromagnetic research has confirmed the existence and locations of acupoints. |
Modern Western medicine cannot yet explain how acupuncture works. Traditional Asian acupuncture is based on ancient Chinese theories of the flow of qi (a fine, essential substance which nourishes and constructs the body) through distinct channels that cover the body somewhat like the nerves an blood vessels. According to this theory, acupuncture adjusts the flow of qi in the body, leading to areas where it is insufficient and draining it from areas where it is stuck and/or superabundant. In this way, acupuncture restores the harmonious balance of the body and its parts. In chinese, there is a saying, "If there is pain, there is no free flow; if there is free flow, there is no pain." Acupuncture promotes and reestablishes the free flow of qi.
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