Acupuncture is a method of encouraging the body to promote natural healing and to improve functioning.
1. Needling the acupuncture points stimulates the nervous system to release chemicals in the muscles, spinal chord and brain or they will trigger the release of other chemicals and hormones which influence the body's own internal regulating system. "Neurotransmitters" endorphin & enicephalin
2. In Traditional Chinese Medicine YIN represents (negative or - ) and YANG represents (positive or -). The main principle of Chinese Medicine is to keep the YIN AND YANG balanced or bring YIN and YANG back into balance. This balance equals a healthy state of mind and body.
How Acupuncture Works
The existence of the meridian system was further established by French researcher Pierre de Vernejoul, who injected radioactive isotopes into the acupoints of humans and tracked their movement with a special gamma imaging camera. The isotopes traveled thirty centimeters along acupuncture meridians within four to six minutes. Vernejoul then challenged his work by injecting isotopes into blood vessels at random areas of the body rather than into acupoints. The isotopes did not travel in the same manner at all, further indicating that the meridians do indeed comprise a system of separate pathways within the body.
Acupuncture is a method of encouraging the body to promote natural healing and to improve functioning.