For Needle-Phobics: A Look At Acupuncture
Posted on November 30, 2009
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The very idea of having a needle, or worse, many needles inserted into their skin for any length of time sounds like torture to many people. But there is a good reason for the popularity and staying power of this alternative medicine practice. It has worked for more than 5000 years, and it continues to improve the wellbeing of those who undergo the treatments.
Acupuncture is the Chinese alternative medical practice of inserting very small needles into the skin in very strategic places. These locations where the needles are inserted are specially chosen for their effect on specific parts of a person’s physiology. Sometimes acupuncture needles also work with electricity to induce physiological benefits of the particular points. Often another alternative therapy called Moxibustion is used with acupuncture. This involves the burning of herbs to elicit physiological benefits. Acupressure is also based on the same principles as acupuncture and is sometimes used in conjunction with acupuncture.
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