Acupuncture and Microcosmic Orbit

The Chinese sages studied the flow of energy from these two main

channels, the Functional and Governor that connect to form the

microcosmic orbit, and discovered other energy flow routes. It was

along these energy meridians that the points used in acupuncture

healing were also discovered. But before the art of acupuncture

developed, using needles to impede or enhance energy flow along

the various routes in an effort to restore normal function, the Chinese

healers relied on circulating their energy internally in the basic

microcosmic orbit to insure good health, love and long life. These

masters of long life were much sought after, even besieged to teach

the secret of living a long and harmonious life.

When acupuncture was first introduced it was considered an

inferior form of medicine and was used mostly in extreme cases of

sickness. The best doctors in China were the doctors who kept

their patients from getting sick in the first place. The highest form

of medicine was preventive. Today, while we are beginning to accept

acupuncture as a reliable medical practice, we have yet to

recognize our innate ability to prevent illness and heal ourselves

using the energy flowing naturally through our bodies.