Traditional Chinese Medicine

Acupuncture is based on two main principles of traditional Chinese medicine:

First principle of acupuncture: the "qi" (energy, breath) is divided into Yin and Yang. They symbolize two opposing parties exist in all phenomena and objects related to each other in the wild. Yin and Yang are complementary, opposed, and engender one another. One can not exist without the other. They are inseparable, like day and night, hot and cold, the men and women, etc..

The second principle of acupuncture is that the five elements. The universe is formed by the movement and transformation represented by five elements: Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water. This theory is used in traditional Chinese medicine to explain the physiology and pathology and the relationship between the organization and the surrounding environment.