Being an EFT practitioner, acupuncture is as close to my heart as any complimentary medical practice can be. In fact, EFT is often referred to as ‘acupuncture without the needles’. Acupuncture was discovered over 5,000 years ago in China, and is still in use today, but all over the world . . . because it works.

Qi (pronounced ‘chi’) – life force, or life energy
Meridians – There are 12 major pathways of this Qi in all living organisms, and these pathways or channels are called meridians.
Death – Qi all gone!

Okay, so I’m guilty of oversimplification again, but look at it this way . . . . if you took the charge out of a battery you’d call it dead. Similarly, if you took the Qi, or life force out of a body, you’d call it dead too. ‘Some’ batteries can be recharged. ‘Some’ bodies can too . . . but I can’t seem to find Frankenstein to show me how :o)

I don’t mean to be glib here, but do hope to make a point.

Acupuncture is all about releasing blockages in the body’s meridians, not about recharging dead ones. Most of the physiological and psychological pain we suffer has nothing to do with anything but blockages in our energy system/meridians, slowing or stopping the flow of Qi.

Remove the blockage = remove the problem.

Acupuncture is akin to dynamite, like a dam is akin to a smooth flowing river.

Take a river that’s flowing slowly but steadily, and build a dam somewhere along it’s channel, blocking it’s flow to the lake or ocean at it’s end. As long as the rivers’ flow is slow enough so that evaporation, wildlife, and man’s consumption will use up what flows to the point of the dam, it will never again move beyond that point.

Your meridians, like that river, will flow forever . . . until a dam is erected in their path.

In the case of a river, the dam could be made sticks and mud if built by a beaver, or steel and cement if built by man.

In your meridians, however, the dams are usually built of events or traumas.

Acupuncture works on an energy meridian blockage like dynamite works on a wood or cement dam.

Is it possible that this won’t work? – In a word . . .yes. If your goal is to blow up a dam, and instead of placing it on the dam, you place the dynamite 20 meters away from it, chances are that you will fail.
The same applies for acupuncture.

I had something called peristalsis neuralgia. This is a disruption in the energy flow that apparently can happen in various parts of the body, but most commonly in the thigh. As a matter of fact, it’s sometimes referred to as ‘Burning Thigh Syndrome’.

My doctor said he cold do nothing for me, but that his brother (a chiropractor) had a partner who practiced acupuncture, and I might consider giving it a try.

The long and short of the story is . . . it didn’t work. At least, I didn’t see relief until many weeks later.

But in fact, acupuncture works for a great many things, and like most natural methods, has little to no side effects.

Conditions to consider visiting an acupuncturist for;

This is a tough one. Acupuncture has been used effectively as a substitute for anesthesia, and has been proven to lessen conditions such as sinusitis, migraines, asthma, addictions, gastrointestinal disorders, sciatica and more.

It seems that the key to successfully finding relief through this method is to find someone with a record of success with it.

Definitely a 4 out of 5 (in my opinion ;o) in the quest to find alternate relief.

John

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