About Acupuncture

Welcome to The Acupuncture Alternative. Look around the site to familiarize yourself with acupuncture, learn who can benefit from treatment, what to expect and what real people have to say about it. Please call or e-mail for to answers to your more personal questions.

Who can benefit from acupuncture? Anyone suffering from the effects of stress, fatigue, insomnia, anxiety or depression, sinus infections, frequent colds, asthma, digestive issues, PMS or menstrual discomfort, infertility, sore neck, back or joints, difficult life events such as separation or divorce, grief, the after effects of  trauma and accidents, or unusual symptoms that are hard to define.

What is acupuncture? Acupuncture is an effective, fascinating, time tested, versatile healing art. Originating in the orient between 2000 and 5000 years ago, it is the longest running, continuously used health care system on the planet today.

How does it work? Acupuncture works through a complex energy field that permeates our physical bodies. Just as our digestive, respiratory and nervous systems all work together and influence each other, the energy (traditionally called “qi” and pronounced like “chee”) that flows through our body influences our total health and well being. If this flow gets disrupted for some reason, one experiences an illness, disharmony or a symptom of some kind. Treatment works by restoring the proper movement of the qi. This triggers a natural resolution of the problem by activating our innate healing potential.

We access the meridians through which the qi flows by inserting tiny, hair-thin needles gently into the skin. The needles go into certain spots where we know the qi to be accessible. There is nothing in or on the needles. They stimulate a natural balancing or healing response that we all possess.