Over the centuries, acupuncture has spread from China across large parts of Asia; this has led to the development of different styles and specialties of practitioners and therapists. However, the basis of all these different approaches to restoring balance in the human body is usually Chinese medicine with the concept of the five phases of change or five elements.

In Japan in the 1930s, there was a group of therapists whose creation is referred to as neoclassical or constitutional acupuncture.

These include, for example, the so-called meridian therapy or Manaka's “X-signaling system”.

These methods are based on determining a fundamental imbalance between the five most important organs (i.e. the “five elements”) of our body, which is mainly determined via pulse and abdominal diagnosis.

In the first step of each treatment session, an attempt is made to strengthen the weakest link in our organ chain; even if at first glance there is no direct connection to the symptoms, this often provides noticeable relaxation and relief. For this reason, constitutional Japanese acupuncture is suitable for at least halting or alleviating almost every conceivable illness, as it attempts to restore a fundamental balance in the body that enables self-healing.

Japanese acupuncture therefore uses as few of the finest commonly used needles as possible, as a painless puncture is very important for the success of the treatment, i.e. the patient's energy balance.

An equally important and pleasant part of the treatment is the Japanese form of moxibustion (or “moxa”, from the Japanese mogusa), i.e. the smouldering of mugwort cones on the acupuncture points or as a rolled ball on the needle (see picture).