The basics..
Acupuncture places very small needles at certain points along paths in your body. Those paths are called channels (or meridians) and to understand how they work, it can be helpful to think of them as rivers running through a landscape (your body). In your body’s rivers, there is a vital energy or force called qi (say ‘chee‘) which runs through them, much like water in a river. All communication along these channels happens with the aid of the qi that flows through them. If that flow is blocked, pain or dis-ease will occur. Unblocking that flow of qi will return the body to wellness.