A few insights on Acupuncture from the practitioner`s perspective:
China and other eastern countries have been using acupuncture for several thousand years.
Having had such a long history, it has undergone many changes and continues to develop to this day.
Acupuncture studies and follows the laws of nature. It is as simple and yet as complex in its diagnoses and treatments as they are.
The holistic approach to treatment is perhaps the most important aspect within the practice of acupuncture and it shares that concept with other disciplines of alternative medicine.
To an Acupuncturist there isn`t one treatment for one illness or for similar symptoms. Each patient is treated individually taking into consideration the root cause of the disorder for that patient, according to the 5 element approach.
Chinese medicine has a view of the human being as comprising of all of the elements: fire, earth, metal, water, wood.
It has particular diagnostic tools, to assess which of the elements and its related organs, need treating.
Chinese medicine helps a person to heal himself or herself.
It is through the gentle stimulation of the carefully selected points that a person becomes able to recover their health. This health that has become compromised due to external and internal disharmony.
As you start with treatment, it is useful to remember that the practitioner treats the underlying cause of symptoms to bring you back to health. Although there may be instant relief it is important to understand that it may also take a few sessions before you can feel the changes taking place. I shall review in each session how you have been, and how the treatment is working for you, keeping a very close eye on your well-being and progress. |
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