History and Mystery.....(part one)

The origins of acupuncture are lost in the mists of time. One might presume that successful aspects of acupressure and bloodletting slowly combined into a separate discipline that worked well enough to survive through the centuries fueled in part by the confidence of the patient in the mysterious practitioner. Unlike Western science, the discoveries and studies of TCM practitioners were never written down to be shared by the common person. Theories and practices were instead, passed down from master to apprentice in secret. It is possible that successful techniques were compiled and theories were built around them using the beliefs of the Eastern cultures.