In Chinese Medicine, a Yuan 元 Source Point is a reservoir of primordial energy from the vital organs, which is distributed much like oceans to the rivers and streams, to the rest of the body. There are twelve source points, all located at the wrists and ankles. Clinical research has shown these source points to have lower electrical resistance and higher electrical potential than other sites (***), signifying powerful potential for unblocking obstructions.
Primordial qi, also called Essence Qi, is the most fundamental qi we work with in the body, that which we inherited from our ancestors at birth. It is nourished, enhanced, and refined, by our food, our lifestyle, all our relationships, and our engagement with the world. In stimulating these points, we signal the body to source from a deeper well within. Acupuncture directs the vital energy of meridians, regulates the proper functioning the internal organs, reinforces anti-pathogenic factors and eliminates pathogenic factors. These acupuncture sessions clarify the mind, relieve restlessness and disease, repair tissues, restore the broken connections in the energetic lines in the body, and return us closer to our true nature -- the one that is in greater harmony with itself and all.
***Reference: Du T, Ren Y, Sun T, Lai Z, Liang F. [Exploration of action and significance of yuan-source point for clinical diagnosis based on literature metrology]. Zhongguo Zhen Jiu. 2016 Aug 12;36(8):831-834. Chinese. doi: 10.13703/j.0255-2930.2016.08.014. PMID: 29231569.
What We Treat
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the World Health Organization (WHO) include the following as acupuncture-appropriate conditions:
Addiction
Anxiety
Arthritis
Asthma
Back pain
Bronchitis
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Chronic fatigue
Colitis
Common cold
Constipation
Dental pain
Depression
Diarrhea
Digestive trouble
Dizziness
Dysentery
Emotional problems
Eye problems
Facial palsy/tics
Fatigue
Fibromyalgia
Gingivitis
Headache
Hiccough
Incontinence
Indigestion
Infertility
Irritable bowel
Menopause
Menstrual irregularities
Migraine
Morning sickness
Nausea
Osteoarthritis
Pain
Pneumonia
Premenstrual syndrome
Reproductive problems
Rhinitis
Sciatica
Seasonal affective disorder
Shoulder pain
Sinusitis
Sleep disturbance
Smoking
Sore throat
Stress
Tennis elbow
Tonsillitis
Tooth pain
Trigeminal neuralgia
Urinary tract infection
Vomiting
Wrist pain