Abstract

This article explains the nature of chronic diseases the mechanism of their onset by stress and how acupuncture cures them Stress causes different delays in different biorhythms These delays phase shifts accumulate in the genetically weak organ which does not have enough energy to propel them This creates chronological disorder in its biorhythms which manifests as functional chronic disease of the organ Since the phase-shift accumulation is a slow process the onset of chronic diseases takes 5 to 7 years chronic means slow Acupuncture cure chronic diseases through accumulation of the stimulation effect of a series of 14 to 20 daily treatments which restore the biorhythms order of the sick organ However the cure is slow and unpredictable by nature because more than one series of treatments might be necessary For that reason the right approach to chronic diseases would be prevention and their slow onset leaves us plenty of time for this The ancient pulse diagnosis which is still practiced in Asia is a powerful technique for early detection of minor imbalances which can be eliminated with just one acupuncture treatment In modern times the best approach to chronic diseases would be computerized acupuncture which monitors the imbalances and eliminates them with computer guided treatment as soon as they appear