About Five Element Acupuncture
A brief description about Classical Five Element acupuncture.
Many types of Acupuncture
There are many types of acupuncture
and each one can be effective in the right context. I practice Five
Element Acupuncture at my practices but keep in touch with other
styles.
I
chose to practice this style because I believe it is
very complete in its
understanding of the nature of human beings. This allows me to help
patients
in very profound ways.
This acupuncture method also works closely with nature and the natural cycles of life. Hence it promotes the basic ability of our bodies to heal and encourages the patient to participate in the healing process.
The Elements
Classical Five Element is thought to have has its base in ancient acupuncture theory from the period of around 200 BC. It was through this era that the idea of the Elements and their corresponding character types is first thought to have surfaced. The Five Elements -- Fire, Earth, Metal, Water and Wood -- represent a central aspect of this ancient energetic tradition. Each of the Elements represents a distinct “quality” of the Qi energy as it cycles through nature and the seasons, and through our own lives.
When the energies of the Five Elements are functioning in harmony and balance within ourselves, we feel healthy, nourished and fully alive. When the elements move out of balance, we may feel a reduced sense of well-being, and we may develop symptoms of various sorts. Symptoms can show up not just in our body but also in our mind, our emotions and in our spirit.
The Treatment Principle
The elements group our body energy into five distinct areas. Early in life or perhaps even in the womb, one of these elements will become the weakest of the group. This weakness will cause health problems to surface in later years and reduce the quality of life. The practitioner will deduce which this distressed element is at the fist consultation and will begin to help revive it. In this way, the Five Element method gives constant attention to the root causes of imbalances and disease. This results in the patient regaining their health and being able to enjoy life again.
"Classical Five-Element Acupuncture really works, both to alleviate symptoms and to confer a direct experience of health. Patients experience improvement, often enormous improvement, in well-being, clarity of mind, openness of heart, and in ease of being. Anything that can be said about how and why Classical Five-Element Acupuncture works is insufficient to capture the experience that it works." The Worsley Institute
Practices
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