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The Healing Power of Acupuncture
Acupuncture is a medical treatment approach that involves insertion of thin, sterile needles into the body at specific locations in order to stimulate reparative processes through neuromodulation.
Acupuncture, like all medicine, has been evolving over the last 3,000 years. As early as 1,000 BC, physicians have recognized the value of acupuncture for treatment of internal medicine disorders. These ancient Chinese healers observed that stimulation of specific sites on the body influenced restorative change within the system and they acknowledged that these effects were mediated via the vasculature and associated with nerves.
The Science and History of Medical Acupuncture
In the 1900’s a French clerk working in China mistranslated ancient acupuncture texts. He transiated Qi as energy for “lack of a better word” and the errors in translation shifted the focus of acupuncture from its original emphasis on stimulation of significant locations along blood vessels and nerves, to metaphors and a concept of “points” along invisivle “meridians” that move energy. Today acupuncture is taught in medical schools and both Western and Eastern modalities are commonly used. There is extensive research on the neurophysiologic basis of acupuncture. While there are some that prefer the metaphors, medical acupuncture practitioners use anatomy and neurophysiology to get the best benefits of thousands of years of Chinese medicine, as adjunct to modern medicine.
