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what is acupuncture? Acupuncture works by using needles to balance and move the vital energy that circulates through our bodies. The experience of pain is viewed by Chinese Medicine as vital energy that is stuck and unable to move through a particular area of the body. Other types of illness are related to the body's "organs," the energy of which can be accessed and manipulated by using points on the energy pathways. In order to understand the relationships of the channels and the organs and any particular person's symptoms, we have to gather information about the person's whole health pattern. Then we can create a plan for treatment and give the patient an idea of how long it might take to bring their body back into balance and provide relief for their symptoms. The body learns from the acupuncture needles how to return to balance, or how to move through areas of blockage; acupuncture treatments are like tutoring sessions that train the body and enable it to take over the work of creating and maintaining balance on its own. The goal of acupuncture is not to have the patient come in forever for treatment, but to help the patient get to a place where they only need to come in occasionally for a "tune-up" or when a new issue arises.
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