About Thavam

THAVAM RESEARCH FOUNDATION

The Thavam Research Foundation is dedicated to improving the quality and increasing the awareness of research in acupuncture, nature & yoga therapy and other modalities of Holistic Medicine. If you share our values and want to be an active part of Thavam’s mission, we invite you to become a volunteer and join the global dialogue that ultimately impacts the clinical scope and practice of acupuncture and Natural medicine.

Acupuncture is a form of treatment that involves inserting very thin needles through a person's skin at specific points on the body, to various depths.

Acupuncture, by definition, is a system of complementary medicine that involves pricking the skin or tissues with needles, used to alleviate pain and to treat various physical, mental, and emotional conditions. The earliest organized documentation about acupuncture was written in 100BC. Acupuncture is one of the oldest medical treatment techniques that is still wildly using in modern time. Acupuncture physician use needles to activate certain points to promote the free flow of Qi (a life force) in order to achieve the balance of the body.

Clinically, acupuncture physicians diagnose the cause and the nature of the condition according to the TCM theory. Then, making the appropriate acupuncture points prescription for treatment to promote the free flow of Qi (a life force) and blood to achieve the balance of the body’s Yin and Yang. Because in the TCM theory, the human body is considered as a whole, and patients are always treated based on the pattern (a collection of the symptoms of the condition) rather than one specific symptom. So, patients usually are not only experiencing the relief of the current symptom, but also the improvement of the general health, such as increased energy level, better digestion, improved sleeping quality, etc.