Essential Traditions for Your Health and Vitality

Think back to the last time you had a small injury, for example, a papercut. Under normal circumstances, your natural ability to heal takes care of that cut with no conscious thought or effort on your part. But suppose you catch a cold, and you don’t get the rest you need. In this case, your natural healing ability is present but its strength is largely diminished.

Being healthy is more than being free from disease. Health is a state of wholeness; it is being sound, well, and vital. Health manifests when the body is in balance, both within itself and with the external environment. Internal balance and harmony with the external environment allows energy to flow smoothly throughout the body, nourishing all organs and tissues. Adjusting the flow of energy with acupuncture and herbs stimulates the body's natural ability to maintain health and protect against disease. Proper nutrition and lifestyle in combination with the appropriate supplements provide the raw materials that strengthen your natural ability to be healthy and vital.

Vitality is more than just the capacity to survive, to live, grow, and develop. Vitality is the fullness of health that allows for a meaningful and purposeful existence and results in abundant energy and joy for living. By caring for our health and well being, not only do we achieve a life that is free from discomfort and illness...we have the strength and energy to enjoy our lives to the fullest.

   The vitality of life circulates harmoniously throughout the body.
   If the body is nourished and protected by this circulation of vitality,
   how can it possibly become ill?

THE YELLOW EMPEROR'S CLASSIC OF INTERNAL MEDICINE