Acupuncture points

T he design of the meridian network is awesome. Rather than thinking of
meridians as an obscure or foreign concept, you can know them as fourteen
tangible pathways that carry energy into, through, and out of your body.
A profound intelligence resides in your meridians. They serve you well without
your even being aware that they exist, but ask in their language for an energy
boost, and they will do as you bid.
Meridians are energy pathways that "connect the dots," hundreds of tiny
reservoirs of heat, electromagnetic, and more subtle energies along the surface
of the skin. Known in Chinese medicine as acupuncture points, these
energy dots or "hot spots" can be stimulated with needles or physical pressure
to release or redistribute energy. Like a river that rises and falls, the flow
of the meridians is ever changing, and its fluctuations can be detected by
sensitive individuals as well as by mechanical instruments. Acupuncture
points are on the surface of the skin, but the meridians they open into travel
deep into the body and through each of the organs and muscle groups. Your
meridians are your body's energy bloodstream.