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When you become ill, the Chinese would say that the energy flow of your body has gone haywire.
Acupuncture is an ancient Chinese therapy that focuses on restoring energy. They believe that when your energy is as it should be, your immune system will improve and you’ll be able to fight off disease again.
But why use acupuncture? The answer is complex.
Why not just take an aspirin for pain or antibiotics for that chest infection? Obviously, there are times when these medications are useful, but natural medicine works in a completely different way.
Acupuncture works by strengthening your body and immune system. The immune system is capable of remembering: in Western terms, once you produce antibodies against a certain illness, it’s easier to overcome the illness in future.
So, by using acupuncture, you stimulate your immune system to work to overcome that illness by yourself. In this way, you're more capable of overcoming it the next time.
Immune power
It’s sort of like getting yourself fit after a rather lazy winter. At first you feel weak at the thought of a walk, then you manage a short stroll before giving up, but eventually you can go for a four-hour hike up the mountain.
Your immune system is similar. If every time you become ill you take something to kill the bacteria or suppress the virus, your immune system gets lazy. It only has to do a little bit of work before it can go back to bed, so to speak. Natural therapy, like acupuncture, boosts the immune system so that it can do its job properly.
Acupuncture isn’t a drug. It doesn’t act like an antibiotic, an antiviral or an antifungal, but it does work very effectively in helping you to get well. In some cases, its effects can be seen a lot sooner than that of conventional drugs. For example, earache can be relieved within seconds, far quicker than any antibiotic could ever work.
