title: [Acupuncture, Theory and practice].
abstract: Trasditional Chinese medicine is based on inductive-synthetic reasoning with regard to all life processes, in contrast to the causal-analytic orientation in our Western medicine. This philosophical approach is based on a system of comparisons (equivalents), referred to as Yin and Yang. Vital functions are seen as "energizing" processes, whereby the acupuncture points and the system of meridians are seen as a means of regulation for this "energy". A disturbed balance in this energy results in illness. The therapy according to the acupuncture method is to acheive a balance in the disturbed flow of energy by means of acupuncture points. By utilizing biophysical methods of measurement, it is possible to prove that a change in this energy takes place. The complex active principle which results in the effectiveness of acupuncture includes neurophysiological, biochemical and biophysical functional processes.
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D010686:Philosophy, Medical
vernacular_title: Akupunktur. Theorie und Praxis