Acupuncture is a system of medicine that restores and maintains health by the insertion of fine needles into acupuncture points just beneath the body surface. These points are very specific locations and lie on channels or meridians of energy. Acupuncture is a complex system of diagnosis and treatment that takes into consideration the person as a whole. Utilizing methods including acupuncture, herbal medicine, nutrition, massage and moxibustion, acupuncturists detect disharmonies in the system and treat them.

Acupuncture treatment facilitates physical strengthening as it increases resistance to disease and disharmony thus improving the body's ability to function. Stress related symptoms and illnesses are particularly amenable to treatment by acupuncture. Tension, headaches, anxiety, depressions, digestive complaints, and fatigue are symptoms of a body/mind imbalance. Acupuncture works on an energetic, functional level to restore balance and harmony to the mind/body system.

When the energy of the body (QI) is blocked or not flowing smoothly, pain ensues. Acupuncture endeavors to remove these blocks to restore the balance of energy flow within the body and eliminate the pain. Pain is the body's signal that tells us that something unnatural is occurring. By restoring the smooth flow of energy, acupuncture can intervene on a process that may, over time and without early treatment, create greater dysfunction or organic changes.