According to Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture, acupuncture points are situated all over the body on what are known as “meridians.”  It is on these meridians that qi, or life energy, flows. 

The central principle to acupuncture and TCM is the concept of yin and yang, and their balance and interplay.  This is represented by the yin-yang symbol, which shows balance and harmony between these opposite forces.  However, as represented by the symbol, there is yin within yang and yang within yin.  Health is the optimum state of balance between yin and yang.  A disruption in these two components of life energy can result in any number of illnesses.  Much like Chiropractic, the treatment of disease is not a direct symptom to treatment idea.  Instead, an acupuncturist will treat the underlying disruption of balance in the meridian system and the body will heal itself.