"Chinese Medicine is a complete medical system that has diagnosed, treated and prevented illness for over thirty centuries. While it can remedy ailments and alter states of mind, Chinese medicine can also enhance recuperative powers, immunity, and the capacity for pleasure, work and creativity."

     --- excerpted from Between Heaven and Earth: A Guide to Chinese Medicine by H. Beinfield and E. Korngold

     

Oriental medicine is the oldest continuously practiced medical system in the world, and this abundance of knowledge has been transmitted and enriched from generation to generation via the Chinese written tradition which has basically remained unchanged for thousands of years.

Originating in China, TCM has been used in other parts of Asia, Europe, and South America for about 200 years. All told, acupuncture is used by nearly one-third of the world as a primary health care system and many more as an adjunctive therapy. In the U.S., acupuncture has been available since 1972 when an aide of President Nixon was successfully treated in China.