Interesting TidbitsThe manner in which acupuncture achieves what it does in the body is simply to initiate the body’s own self-healing processes; it does so by employing the internal mechanisms that we all possess but do not intellectually know how to self-engage. Grigory Chernyak, MDForeward: Advanced Tung Style Acupuncture
Acupuncture has a way of helping the body help itself. Its effects are like eating a good wholesome meal or getting an excellent night’s sleep – except all at the same time. A man at our clinic recently described it: like quietly rebooting your own hard drive. Andy WegmanWhy Did You Put that Needle There?Acupuncture is somewhat like prayer in that sometimes you get a lot more than you asked for, in ways you never expected, through the action of forces you can’t see. Lisa Rohleder Et. Al.Acupuncture is Like Noodles
Providing acupuncture is like cooking and receiving acupuncture is like eating. The ingredients are all contained within the body itself; the acupuncture treatment is a way of arranging them so that the body can use them better. Once the acupuncturist arranges the combination of needles, the person’s job is to sit quietly and “digest” the treatment. Lisa Rohleder Et. Al.Acupuncture is Like Noodles |