Acupuncture, Physics and Wu Li

The Chinese term for physics is Wu Li, which may be translated as 'patterns of organic energy'. Acupuncture is essentially an energy medicine, acting on the body's subtle energy system to bring about changes in the mind and the body.

 In order to begin to understand it in Western terms we must accept the interchangeable nature of energy and mass, and of mind and body. We must also accept that the essence of nature is change and indeterminance.

That these theories are borne out by the world view of the new physics is exciting, but if the technology of this new  science were to be employed in research into the subtle energies of the body, of the meridian system and the nature of acupuncture points, great advances may be made into the understanding of 'energy medicine'. 

In the past, equipment has not been available to detect these subtle energies, but in the near future, with the use of recent technological advances, a truly scientific verification of acupuncture may not be far away.