Traditional Chinese Medicine

Traditional Chinese Medicine views the body in terms of its relationship to the environment and the cosmos. Concepts of human physiology and disease are interwoven with geographic features of ancient China and with the forces of nature. Chi, the life force said to run through all of nature, flows in the human body through vertical energy channels known as meridians. The 12 main meridians, which correspond to the 12 main rivers of ancient China, are believed to dotted with acupoints. Each of the original 365 acupoints corresponds to a specific body organ or system, so that needle stimulation or pressure on the acupoint can redress the life-force imbalance causing the problem in that particular organs