Eastern Medicine emphasizes the interconnection between the body, mind, and spirit; how the external environment and laws of nature influence the physical body, its organ systems, internal energetics, mental state, and health of the spirit/soul. Acupuncture focuses on whole-person-centered health and wellness.
The Five Phases/Elements:
- Five energetic capacities that create transformation (five phases/elements: fire, earth, metal, water, wood), are observable in nature and reflected within us
- Governed by two simple laws: the Sheng Cycle (creation, generative) and the Ko Cycle (control, regulation); together they work simultaneously to produce balance, harmony, and wellness
- The Five Phases/Elements speak to an individual’s Causative Factor/CF (click here to learn more about CF): we have all 5 elements within us, however, when we are out of balance, these elements will be in distress and manifest as physical, emotional, mental, and/or spiritual disease
- When a person is treated on their CF they are being treated at the root of the disease, and symptoms/imbalances resolve
Principles of Healing:
- Acupuncture is a system of medicine that is based on the Laws of Nature
- The role of the practitioner is to see each patient as whole in body-mind-spirit with the possibility of their unique self being fully realized
- No two people are alike – we are all individuals
- The body is wise and it speaks to us all the time
- Practitioners don’t heal; we create the conditions for healing
- Practitioners are humble instruments, we are trained to see the subtle clues of the body-mind-spirit
- Balance is paramount
- The medicine pouch – healing presence, using words as “needles”, moxa, needles, intention, cupping, etc.
- The body is like a garden in need of tending, not a machine in need of fixing
- We heal from the inside out
- The goal of treatment is to restore balance and to help each patient live their Dao (their path in life)
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