Classical Acupuncture
What is acupuncture
Acupuncture is an effective ancient system of healing used to restore physical as well as psycho-emotional
health and enhance well-being. It has originated in ancient China and dates back 5000 years.
Acupuncture works with energy which flows through the body in three-dimensional channels known as
meridians. Meridians can be compared to the flow of rivers invigorating and nourishing the earth they
cross.
Meridians connect internal organs with the rest of the physical body parts: skin, flesh, ligaments, bones, limbs, sensory organs and orifices. They govern physical as well as emotional and spiritual aspect of human being.
We live and diseases are formed because of the network of these meridians which cover and intersect our body.
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By stimulating acupuncture points located on meridians on the skin, diseases in the superficial tissues as well as in internal organs can be treated. Treatment aims to assist the conditions in which harmonious functioning restores itself and to strengthen the person’s general health and well-being.
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Acupuncture is painless and the needles used are extremely fine. Most of the clients describe the sensation of the needle upon the insertion as dull, tingling and occasionally slightly sharp but most of the time people do not feel anything at all and find acupuncture to be relaxing. If any side-effects occur these are natural and self-correcting. Rarely there may be bruising at the needle point or a short-term flare-up of your symptoms as your energy clears and re-settles.
Acupuncture can be used as a preventative treatment and it can be used safely alongside conventional medicine. It does not interfere with Western medical treatment - on the contrary, it provides a welcome complement to it and the recovery time for any illness is often shortened. Unlike medications, body does not fight acupuncture, as acupuncture works to ignite it's own natural healing system.
As a result the body eagerly responds well, effectively activating healing.
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Acupuncture works naturally, as nature intended. It can re-adjust the distorted harmony in the body and help person to flourish back to their health without any medications.
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Stems and Branches Acupuncture
Stems and Branches theory represents the original and fundamental material behind the ancient Chinese philosophy of Chinese medicine, Chinese cosmology and Chinese astrology.
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Ancient Chinese recognized that our health was influenced by 3 main factors:
1. Our genes
2. The way we live our life and what happens to us during our lifetime
3. Energetic constitution according to our date of birth - this is Stems and Branches theory
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I very much consider my patients' genes, psychology and the way they live their life and I also take into great consideration the day, month, year and season when they were born as the value of Stems and Branches acupuncture comes from understanding of these.
By understanding precise energetic constitution of a person we understand what their inborn energetic weaknesses are and as such understand the reason for the development of most of their health problems. Therefore we can support their health - their body-mind from the deepest level. By treating in this way we support the root of the presenting imbalance as opposed to treating symptoms alone.
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Stems and Branches acupuncture transcends the separation of the physical body from mental, emotional and spiritual functioning, which in modern Western medicine has not allowed us to see a person as a whole being.
It harmonizes and strengthens body's fundamental vitality, attending to the roots of the health imbalance.
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