Charleston Acupuncture   Sarah Stowers, L.Ac.

What is Acupuncture?

Acupuncture is a health care modality that has flourished in China for more than 5,000 years; it is widely used in Asia, Europe, and North America. Acupuncture takes into account and treats the entire person, not just isolated symptoms. It is practiced based on discerning a pattern of imbalance in the body and treating accordingly.This imbalance can be based on physical and/or emotional difficulties. It uses natural energies with the application of needles and/or other stimulus to specific points on the body. These points are grouped along certain pathways, known as meridians that are located on all surfaces of the body. Whenever the energy flow through these pathways is absent, deficient, interrupted, excessive, or blocked in any way, health is disrupted, resulting in illness or pain.