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What is Acupuncture?
The use of acupuncture has been accepted and used in practice for
thousands of years in China. In the West, the use of acupuncture has
been increasing for decades. In 1996, the American Veterinarian Medical
Association stated that, "Veterinary acupuncture involves the examination
and stimulation of specific points on the body of nonhuman animals by the
use of acupuncture needles, moxibustion, injections, low level lasers,
magnets, and a variety of other techniques for the diagnosis and treatment
of numerous conditions in animals."
Acupuncture involves the stimulation of specific points on the body which improves the energy flow
of the body, the body's Qi. Qi is the energy that controls harmony in any living body. It is the "vital source"
or "life energy" that activates and maintains the life process. This energy is derived from our environment
through such processes as nutrition and respiration.
After thousands of years of practical use and numerous modern scientific investigations, we still find it difficult to answer the
simple question, "What are acupoints?" In most of the studies, investigators have observed either high densities of nerve trunks,
neural transmitters, or vascular networks in the subcutaneous tissues at or near the site of acupoints. These points are found
predominantly in depressions located along the cleavage between muscles, tendons, or bones. These acupoints communicate
with the Zang-Fu organs by way of the meridian system. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, meridians are perceive as a complex
network of major channels flowing through the body. Qi, the body's life energy, flows through these channels.
By manipulating the acupoints, we manipulate the body's Qi.
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