How does acupuncture work? An Acupuncture treatment involves the insertion of fine sterile single use disposable needles into specific sites (acupuncture points) along the body’s energy pathways (channels or meridians) to clear energy blockages and encourage the normal flow of vital energy, or Qi...
But near the end of the visit, one woman uttered a few poignant words that encapsulated everyone's hopes and reminded the practitioners of their deep task: "I chose acupuncture because I figured if a needle got me into this mess in the first place, maybe a needle could get me out."...
Life-size figures of traditional doctors and nurses and how they take the pulse, examine the tongue and use acupuncture and herbs give a very clear idea of medicine in its origins. The fundamentals are close to Chinese practices but Korean medicine prizes ginseng much mo...