Chinese medicine works by looking at the body as a whole and treating root causes, not just the symptoms:
Acupuncture reverses disease by referring not only to an organ or body part separately but also to its energetic connections and influences throughout the entire physical body. To an acupuncturist a liver means not only the organ under your rib cage, but also the energy channel or ‘liver meridian’ which runs from head to foot on both sides of the body.
This is the genius of Chinese medicine. It speaks the language of the body. They view the emotions and physiology as two sides of one hand. The body is viewed as a whole system, each part important to all other parts. If, for example you go to a podiatrist with foot pain and they can’t find anything structurally wrong with your foot, they may give you painkillers.
But a Chinese medicine doctor knows that your pain has significance. They know that the meridian for the gall bladder goes right through the foot exactly where your pain is. By treating the gall bladder with herbs and acupuncture needles, they heal the actual problem of where the pain stems from. It’s a more complete way of looking at the body.
Functional medicine like acupuncture looks at imbalances in the life force energy or ‘chi’ of vital organs. Stagnated or congealed chi leads to disease. Getting help when you notice chronic slight imbalances can prevent the body from going into overload and full blown disease later on in life. Using preventative and restorative measures could actually repair the mental and physical will to heal. This for example, might help someone have fewer cravings for alcohol, or help release repressed emotions which could cause cumulative harm later on. Imagine a less stressed body and life? That, along with moving disease and pain out of the body is what acupuncture offers.
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