WELCOME TO ACU-POINT ACUPUNCTURE

Whilst I’m treating everybody, I quite often don’t get a chance to explain some of the workings of acupuncture. According to the classics of Chinese Medicine which were written 2000 years ago, all disease is associated with emotion. Different emotions cause the Qi to move differently. For those who are not familiar with Qi, it can be understood as the subtle force and organizing principle that connects everything in the universe. Anger causes Qi to ascend. Joy causes Qi to slacken. Sadness causes Qi to dissipate. Fear causes Qi to descend. Fright causes Qi to become chaotic.

Acupuncture and Moxabustion, like Qi Gong and Yoga can regulate our Qi and help balance our emotions and enable us to better integrate with modern life.

Health care is incomplete without encouraging Qi cultivation and self development.

To me, the cultivation of Qi is like building a strong house to live in, which won’t keep collapsing.  Therefore acupuncture is architecture, artfully designing a sustainable house which is our body….but this takes time. As we grow older, we need continued renovation.

Our bodies are like a petrol tank. The faster we drive, the quicker the tank will empty.  When the tank empties, a myriad of symptoms occur. These can be anything from insomnia, to pain of any kind in the body.

When our tank empties, the Yin and Yang balance becomes disturbed. To avoid this imbalance, the Yin must be nourished on a regular basis. I find the most effective way to nourish Yin is to have a three or four weekly acupuncture treatment..

Although this style of acupuncture (meridian therapy) seems like it may not be as strong as a massage or chiro or osteopathic treatment, it is continually structurally balancing as well as balancing the emotion and nourishing the Yin. This is in accordance with the “Yang Shen” or nourishing that which is already healthy, instead of waiting until there is pain or deterioration in health and to then have treatment. That is like trying to find the horse that has already bolted to put it back in its pen. It takes a lot more time.
After 20 years of practicing acupuncture, I’ve come to the simple conclusion that everybody needs to cultivate their Qi to remain healthy!

If you need any help cultivating your Qi, I am most honoured to help you……..Judith