The proper functioning of the body depends on the proper flow of "Qi" (pronounced tchi in chinese). When an organ, a meridian or function of the body is too active or deficient, the energy does not flow normally. For the chinese, the pain is "Stagnation of blood and/or energy," it's the same for the disease.

Therefore, the role of the therapist is to help the person to find his / her movement just right. With the help of needles, it works on structures, or energy currents traversing the body called " meridians ". On the latter, are under the skin. Through the points, we address to the body, which thereby releases its great potential of self-healing that we asked for too little.

The traditional approach is characterized by the principle of immanence, which perceives health as part of the person. It is its natural state, fluctuating within the limits of homeostasis. The disease, in this context, is not something external to fight with external means, but it is remédiante. It is an attempt of recovery and is therefore part of the solution, the cure.

It is a preventive approach, for example, one can follow a preventive treatment during changes of season, but there may also be a more curative or symptomatic.