Acupuncture is traditional method of healing originating in China. The earliest identifiable acupuncture needles date back to the Sheng Dynasty, approximately 1500 B.C. We like to define acupuncture as a method of healing whereby a practitioner inserts a hair-thin needle in order to achieve a therapeutic effect.
This therapeutic effect can be different things. Traditional acupuncture point locations correspond to various regions, organs and processes within the body. By stimulating these points, the practitioner is able to influence these regions, organs and processes. Modern research reveals that much of acupuncture’s influence is due to the fact that an acupuncture stimulus travels through the nervous system, thus sending the body a “message”.
Acupuncture can also be used to relieve pain by stimulating musculature and soft tissue. Releasing tension, spasms and cramps by needling trigger points and motor points is a very common method of acupuncture practice.
Much of how acupuncture “works” is still being investigated by clinical studies, but its efficacy is a foregone conclusion and is endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO). Many celebrities receive acupuncture treatments. Read about them here or read some of the articles on acupuncture below.
Acupuncture And IVF Study Shows Early Promise for Increased Take Home Baby Rates
Acupuncture Helping With Uterine Fibroids in Cuba
Acupuncture Beats Aspirin For Chronic Headaches
Acupuncture May Relieve Menstrual Pain
Air Force Trains Combat Docs In Acupuncture
Influence of Acupuncture on the Pregnancy Rate in Patients who Undergo Reproduction Therapy
1997 NIH Consensus Development Statement on Acupuncture
Acupuncture May Hike Odds of Pregnancy
Study Shows Acupuncture Effective for Weight Loss
Acupuncture Reduces Side Effects of Breast Cancer Treatment As Much as Conventional Drug Therapy
Acupuncture Effective for Allergic Rhinitis
Acupuncture Improves Memory and Learning Capacity
Acupuncture May be Effective Treatment for Tinnitus
Acupuncture Helps Chronic Headaches According to Largest Study
Army Studies Acupuncture to Relieve Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome
