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  1.  What is acupuncture?
  2.  Where does the interruption of energy flow occur?
  3.  Are there other causes of disease? (besides those associated with interference) 
  4.  How do you detect the disturbance in energy flow within a patient?
  5.  Assuming I'm going to take acupuncture treatments, how are they performed?
  6.  What are some of the conditions commonly treated by acupuncture?
  7.  Out of, say,10  acupuncture patients, how many usually respond favorably?
  8.  Are spinal adjusting treatments necessary with acupuncture?
  9.  Does acupuncture have another name?
  10.  In America, what kind of doctor should one go to for this type of health care?
  11.  Are there other significant factors besides skin point stimulation and vertebral adjusting?
  12.  Has any research, other than empirical, been conducted?


1. What is acupuncture?
 
Acupuncture is a 5,000 year old Chinese system of natural healing (No drugs... No Surgery), which is concerned with restoring proper energy flow to the various organs, glands, and tissues of the body on the premise that most diseases are the result of malfunction due to disrupted energies.
 
    Explanations:
The Chinese definition of Health is "All parts of the body functioning normally," all 400 trillion parts. If there is an interruption in the transmission of energy flow or life force (called ch'i in Chinese), then organ malfunction, disease, pain and suffering are inevitable.
 
2. Where does the interruption of energy flow occur?
 
   (1) In the channels of energy flow, which are located throughout the body, just beneath the skin surface;
 
   (2) In the spinal column where vertebrae may become misaligned, thereby compressing vital nerve   trunks. 
 
3. Are there other causes of disease? (besides those associated with interference) 
 
Yes, of course. Psychosomatic states, hereditarty factors, poisons, adverse environmental conditions, injury, germs, malnutrition, etc... are all disease producing.
 
4. How do you detect the disturbance in energy flow within a patient?
 
    By many methods, including certain signs, symptoms, pain spots, organ reflex points, and by pulse or instrumental findings.
 
5. Assuming I'm going to take acupuncture treatments, how are they performed? 
 

Note: Tile non-peircing needle (teishin) is very popular because the technique is practically painless, there is no blood, no danger of infection, and results are equal to, if not better than other techniques.

 
 7. Out of, say,10  acupuncture patients, how many usually respond favorably?
 
On the average, 8. Two out of ten fail to respond favorably for a variety of reasons. Advanced age, severity of the condition, irreversible tissue damage, etc., are deterrents to recovery.
 
 8. Are spinal adjusting treatments necessary with acupuncture?
 
Absolutely. Spinal adjusting is part of the acupuncture health care. World authorities including Feliz Mann, M.D. of England; Paul Nogier, M.D. of France; and Kiunzo Nagayama, M.D. of Japan are very empathetic on this aspect of "getting well." Dr. Mann states that many internal diseases are cured by the spinal adjustment alone. Leaving the adjustment (chiropractic) out of the treatment plan invites failure. 
 
 9. Does acupuncture have another name?
 
Yes. In fact the word acupuncture is incorrect because it implies needles only. The proper wording is "Meridian Therapy," or Ching Lo Liao in Chinese. It was named "acupuncture" in the 16th century by Portuguese sailors who knew no better. The wrong name stuck.
 

10. In America, what kind of doctor should one go to for this type of health care?

 

Any doctor (chiropractor, medical, or osteopath) who has had the proper training.
 
Any doctor who has not had the proper training is pretending to know something he/she does not, should not be practicing acupuncture. They would then be guilty of acupuncture malpractice. They must receive qualified training and pass exams to certify competence. This protects the public.
 

11. Are there other significant factors besides skin point stimulation and vertebral adjusting?

 

Yes, there are four laws to obey for those who desire health and longevity:

1. Proper nutrition

2. Adequate rest

3. Moderate exercise

4. A positive mental attitude.

 

 

12. Has any research, other than empirical, been conducted?

 

Meridian Therapy is naural healing based on knowledge of another biological principal new only to the western world. Soviet scientists Nijinsky and Vorobiev have proven the premise of ancient Chinese healing by localizing meridian points with a Wheatstone bridge, using an alternating current to prevent polarization. This was fed by a generator of sonic frequency and recorded on a cathode ray oscillograph. When the electrode touched an active acupuncture point the amplitude of the wave on the oscillograph diminished. Best results were derived from frequencies of a few kiloherz and voltage from several millivolts to 4 volts.
 
Research?
 
The research needed concerns results, in this country, on the sick American. This is currently being done by Pinnacle Management Group in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Doctors are sending in testimonials from their patients from all over the world.
 
We should welcome new knowledge as it is found.... that's what science is all about. Acupuncture won't swallow us up... it'll strengthen our medical professions.