Links to learn more:

National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine-   www.nccaom.org

Pennsylvania State Organization-       https://afpa.wildapricot.org 

American Society of Acupuncturists- http://www.asacu.org

Acupuncture & Other information web-sites- 

                 www.acupuncturetoday.com

                 www.acupuncture.com

                        http://bastyr.edu/  (Graduate School Programs in Natural Medicine; Seattle, Washington)

A final thought:

The picture below was taken by Jaime in 1997.  It is of a mural inside a Buddhist temple in the city of Cheng Du, in Si Chuan province, China.  The symbol in the center, often called "Yin-Yang", is more properly know as "Tai-Chi" and is the fundamental representation of the Yin energy of the Earth (the dark swirl) rising to Heaven, and the Yang energy of Heaven (the light swirl) descending to Earth.  It is also most signifcant to note that there is a small "spot" of Yin contained within the Yang "swirl", and vice versa.  Do you know why?  The Chinese characters written down either side of the mural are translated to the right.  The simplicity of what is said is inverse to the depth of it's meaning!

Ren fa di

Di fa tian

Tian fa Dao

Dao fa Zi Ran

Man depends on land

Land depends on heaven

Heaven depends on the Dao

The Dao depends on the Natural

Dao Sheng Yi

Yi Sheng Er

Er Sheng San

San Sheng Wan Wu

The Dao gave birth to the One

The One gave birth to the Two

The Two gave birth to the Three

And the Three give birth to the Ten Thousand Beings