The Eastern Approach

  In the world of Western medicine, the human body consists of many systems, most of which are easily recognizable on any standard anatomy and physiology chart.  For example, the average person is familiar with the terms circulatory, reproductive, and respiratory systems.  All of these terms denote a group of organs, glands and specialized tissue that work together for a particular physiological purpose.
 
    While Eastern traditional medicine recognizes these systems as well, it views the human being as more than just a skeletal structure with tissues performing a multitude of functions.  There is a formally recognized energy system composed of chakras, energy lines or meridians, and marmas, along which energy moves.  The unencumbered movement of this energy, called Chi, helps to maintain proper function of the body’s systems and establish mental, physical, and emotional balance. Blockages in certain areas of the body’s energy system can foster an imbalance.  These potential imbalances take on many forms such as disease, infertility, depression, and anxiety, just to name a few.