What is Classical Five Element Acupuncture and
where it comes from?
Classical
Five Element Acupuncture, CFEA, is an ancient Chinese healing system dating
back over 2000 years. It is a classical tradition that aims to balance the flow
of energy within, working on body, mind and spirit. It addresses the energy’s
imbalance, which lies at the root of many physical disorders and conditions of
emotional distress.
It is based
on the movement of nature through the seasons and their corresponding elements
– Fire/summer, Earth/late summer, Metal/autumn, Water/winter and Wood/spring.
Each season creates the other, rebalancing and sustaining life. This same
principle applies to us as the same cycle of energy affects us and functions
within us. When this system is out of balance it can put life under threat –
creating disease. Imagine the effects of spring without rain, summer and late
summer with their heat wouldn’t be able to nurture growth and produce their
fruit. Now imagine the same happening with a person.
By
recognising this, the Chinese masters developed a system which bases its
treatments on re-balancing the five elements within the energy system, thus as
in nature when out of balance it creates disharmony. By touching these basic
tools of nature – the elements -, CFEA reaches the inner core of patients,
transforming them from the inside out, hence the phrase Rooted in Spirit – Ben
Shen.
CFEA was
pioneered in the UK , Europe and USA by Professor J. R. Worsley, who taught the
majority of experienced practitioners in Britain and America. Professor Worsley
carried on working until his death in May 2003, at the age of 79.
