acupuncture

I practice Balance Method acupuncture, taught by Dr. Sonia F. Tan from Vancouver, B.C. Sonia’s main teacher for Balance Method was Dr. Richard Teh-Fu Tan.

Balance Method is a lineage-based acupuncture style, which is grounded upon Channel Theory and the Yi Jing (The Book of Changes). It’s concepts are also found in the Huang Di Nei Jing (The Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine) and is also derived from 5 Phase Theory and the Ba Gua.

The intention with all forms of acupuncture is to balance the flow of qi through the meridians. The framework used in Balance Method is to diagnose and treat a health imbalance based on where the meridian travels and has associations in the body. We then choose which meridians can be used to bring balance back to the meridian that has the main complaint.