How it Works
Dear Patient,
How does this work? a person will ask me.
I don’t really know, I’ll say. It’s an honest answer.
I can talk about the movement of Qi, the circulation of blood, endorphins, the parasympathetic nervous system, the mitigation of the inflammatory response. All of those things happen in response to the needles, but they don’t explain how it works.
How acupuncture works is a mystery. Healing is a mystery. You are a mystery. Surrender to the magic of the unknown—that is its own type of healing.
Love and gratitude,
Your Acupuncturist