The Five Elements
Water, Wood, Fire, Earth, and Metal - energetic phases representing nature's power governing cyclical change
Paul Farago, M.Ac.
Licensed Acupuncturist since 2002
text / phone: (828) 989-6206
Acupuncture For All Seasons
Five Element acupuncture is a holistic system of diagnosis and treatment. Anyone can benefit - even those whose problems resist modern medical methods or conventional diagnosis.
With the appropriate depth and frequency of treatment, a diverse variety of symptoms and complaints - chronic or acute - can be improved to satisfaction or completely resolved.
Acupuncture, Methods
Chinese medicine is rooted in the wisdom of Taoists, as recorded in ancient texts thousands of years ago.
Tao is a written Chinese character which, loosely translated, means 'The Way'. Following the Tao means adapting to nature's eternal rhythmic changes, honoring the essence or true spirit in all living things.
Taoists observed nature and described “laws” governing a) dynamic, situational balance, such as night & day, or Yin/Yang, and b) cyclical action, such as seasons, or Five Element.
Acupuncture treatments are intended to harmonize body, mind and spirit with the Tao to promote a state of health in nature.
• Five Element acupuncture gives constant attention to the root cause and spirit-level of discomfort, illness, or/and disease.
• The Balance Method extends Yin/Yang and Five Element laws to meridian diagnosis for immediate improvement anywhere in the body, using easy-to-access points.
• Esoteric Acupuncture combines Chinese, Hindu, Sacred Geometry, and Qabalistic theory.
• Auricular Acupuncture uses points on the ears to treat specific parts and functions of the body.
• The auricular Five Point Protocol is used for detox and stress reduction.
Whatever methods are used, acupuncturists do not have the power to cure disease. At best, we can assist nature in the cure. In so doing, the individual patient’s qi is able to resolve the cause of the disease. That allows the symptoms to disappear.
"A superior doctor is able to gather all techniques and use them either together or separately, to flexibly adapt to a changing environment, life-style, and geography, and to consider many variables in the treatment of a condition. Thus, it is understood that even though treatment methods are different, all can succeed in healing a condition. This is dependent on the ability of the doctor to consider all variables and select the proper principle of treatment." — from the Neijing, or The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Medicine, ~240 B.C., translated by Maoshing Ni
Qualifications
Licensure: Acupuncturist, North Carolina Acupuncture Licensing Board #471
Certification: Diplomate in Acupuncuture, National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine; Acupuncture Detoxification Specialist, National Acupuncture Detoxification Association
Education: Academy for Five Element Acupuncture, Master of Acupuncture, 2002; Yale University, B.S., 1978
Where does the Yin/Yang symbol come from? What does it mean?
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Try a short chapter from the Tao Te Ching at dailytao.org