Made In China l QI l Oriental Express l Chinese Whispers l Resource Nature of Qi l Yin and Yang l Emotions l Stress l Obstruction - Pain INTRODUCTION Thoroughly intrinsic to any discourse on acupuncture, is a close inspection of exactly what it is that the treatment modality effects and how this occurs. This, then involves a scrutiny of the phenomenon called 'qi'. Qi, is said to be intrinsic to being alive in a body. "Some nonmedical authors……described the origin of human beings. Zhuang Zi (Chuang Tzu) another ancient daoist, wrote: "The birth of the human being amounts to an accumulation of qi. When it has accumulated, birth takes place, and when it has dissipated, death takes place." Later the philosopher-scientist Wang Cong would write: "As water turns into ice, so qi crystallizes to form the human body."……. In this perspective, qi ………..is the precursor of everything in nature, including human beings……….Qi is the medium by which one thing reflects another, because it is the ocean of being from which all arises and returns." ('Understanding Acupuncture', by Stephen Birch and Robert Felt, Churchill Livingstone Books, 1999 - Page 92) Contact Michael | © AustralianAcupuncture.com 2002 I About AustralianAcupuncture.com

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