Like many therapies, acupuncture aims to restore the body’s equilibrium both physically and emotionally.  Pain and illness is a sign that the body is out of balance and because every system within it is interlinked, acupuncture works to help the body heal itself as a whole. 

The principle is simple: illness and pain occur when the life energy of the body or qi cannot flow freely through the body’s channels or meridians and by the use of sterile needles on specific acupuncture points these blockages can be eased, thereby triggering the body’s own natural healing powers. 

Application of the principle is more complex, however, and two people with the same physical symptoms may have completely different diagnoses because the focus for the acupuncturist is the person as a whole, not the illness.

Although acupuncture is based on traditional Chinese medicine there is now a growing body of modern scientific clinical research that shows that traditional acupuncture is safe and effective in treating a wide range of common health problems.