It may be a fact that the understanding of how Chinese Orlando acupuncture works has evolved with its practice. But its description set down more than three thousand years ago has been retained. The most dominant function of acupuncture is to regulate the circulation of the vital energy known as the “qi” and blood. Many ancient Chinese texts describe acupuncture as a means of letting out excess blood or “qi” by making holes in the body along energy pathways called meridians. Many diseases are belived to enter the body through the skin and penetrate through the muscles and internals. If this is left uncured for a long time this would penetrate to the marrow of the bone. Inserting acupuncture needles to a certain depth to correspond the degree of disease penetration could help let out the disease.

Over the years physicians began describing acupuncture in terms of regulating something within the body instead of discussing it in terms of letting something out of the body. This is compared to a dam across the waterway where the flow of “qi” through the meridians could be blocked off by an obstruction. in the streams, the blockage could be caused by a fallen tree or a mud slide. In the body on the other hand, the blockage could be influence by something striking the body, ingestion of improper foods or the influence of bad weather. Like the stream, when it is blocked it will flood above the blockage and dries the lower part. The only way that the stream can resume its course is when someone goes to the point the blockage and clears it away. In a similar manner, if the “qi” in the meridian is blocked the condition of the body will become disordered like dryness or flooding. The natural flow could be restored of one could remove the blockage from the flow of the “qi”.

Although the description of the basic acupuncture concept has been simplified, it conveys the traditional acupuncture approach taught to students which it to locate the area of disturbance, isolate the main points of blockage and clear the blockage. Of course, through the years, many additions of sophistication has been added to this model so the needling can now be carried in many different ways to ensure subtle and differing effects based on the needle sites, direction and depth of the needle and even the chemical composition of the needle. Some needling techniques for example are used initially to increase the flow of “qi” in a meridian without necessarily removing the blockage. Other techniques on the other hand, will reduce the flow of the “qi” in the meridians. All these method’s purpose is drain and tone  to help move the “qi” from one meridian to another which is a part of generally aiming to balance the flow of “qi”.