Seattle clinic Acupuncture uses the body's energy to heal.
Acupuncture is an ancient medicine originating from China many thousands of years ago.
The basic premise behind the medicine is that humans are dependant on energy to live and be healthy. In the East this energy of the body is called 'Qi' and is said to 'flow' through our bodies giving us life. We can probably best understand this by thinking how difficult it is to think and function well when we are tired or exhausted, we say we have 'no energy'. It is at these times we get upset, run down or ill. On the other hand when we are full of energy life seems easier, we do not get so run down and can throw off or escape that 'flu or whatever illness it is going round.