The basic statement of pain in Traditional Chinese Medicine is:

If there is pain there is no free flow,
If there is free flow there is no pain.

This implies that if there is pain in the body there is something blocking, or stopping the free flow of qi in the body. Based upon the practitioner's diagnosis of the patient's symptoms, an acupuncture point prescription is developed. Filiform needles are then inserted into the points to release the blockage and encourage the qi to flow freely once again. These points were discovered and mapped out by the Chinese thousands of years ago.

Research done first in Germany in the 1950's, and continued in various other countries since, have  confirmed by the use of electromagnetic testing instruments the location of these points.

Acupuncture is an essential part of Traditional Oriental Medicine, a comprehensive system of health  care with a continuous clinical history of over 3000 years. Oriental medicine includes acupuncture, Chinese herbology and bodywork, dietary therapy and exercise base on traditional Oriental medicine principles.

These therapies work with the natural vital energy inherent within all living things to promote the body's ability to heal itself. This system of health care is used extensively by 25% of the world's population residing in Asia and is rapidly growing in popularity in the West.

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