Stimulating anatomical points using needles, electrical stimulation
Can be traced back at least 4,500 years
Human body is seen as a balance of two opposing and inseparable forces: yin and yang
Yin represents the cold, slow, or passive principle, while yang represents the hot, excited, or active principle
Balance between Yin and Yang maintains health and imbalance, disease
Qi, in Chinese medicine, is the vital energy/life force which controls a person’s spiritual, emotional, mental and physical health and influenced by Yin and Yand
Imbalance leads to blockage in the flow of Qi (vital energy) along pathways known as meridians
