Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine

Traditional Asian philosophy describes a system of energy called “Qi,” that moves in pathways called “meridians”. This system was hypothesized to explain the observation that stimulating points of the skin with various methods was effective in influencing certain health problems, and is the foundation of the practice of acupuncture. Modern science has taught us that the points and meridians that were described by the ancient Chinese two thousand years ago actually exist as areas of skin with different electrical properties than the surrounding skin, even though the anatomy of the points is the same as that of the surrounding skin. The most remarkable aspect of this is that they somehow identified this electrical difference long before electricity had been discovered. Recognition of the body’s liquid crystalline matrix allows us to make sense of acupuncture meridians and Qi. Our belief is that the meridian system of Qi circulation is actually a description of one aspect of the bioenergetic matrix.

Acupuncture is that aspect of Asian medicine that treats illness by the insertion of fine needles into the body at specific points that were identified by ancient practitioners as effective. Although the traditional belief is that the needles influence the flow of the vital energy Qi through meridians in the body, modern research explains acupuncture based on the finding that needles, when inserted, induce a slight electric current in the tissues, which influences the body’s electromagnetic field, and help balance the bioenergetic matrix.

We can stimulate the acupuncture points with needles, as is traditional, but for people who don’t like or want needles, we get excellent results by stimulating the points with laser or microcurrent energy.

For diagnosis of which points to treat we combine traditional diagnostic methods with the exciting modern technique of measuring the electrical conductivity of a set of significant acupuncture points with a special machine that helps us arrive at the optimal treatment.

Traditional Asian medicine uses more than acupuncture. Herbal medicine typically plays a large role in supporting the acupuncture treatment to improve the body’s energetic control systems. We prescribe a range of traditional herbal medicine products that are manufactured to Western standards. These mesh well with our other nutritional approaches, and help us to provide more holistic health solutions.