Acupuncture

What is it?

Acupuncture is an alternative medicine that treats patients by insertion and manipulation of needles in the body. Its proponents variously claim that it relieves pain, treats infertility, treats disease, prevents disease, promotes general health, or can be used for therapeutic purposes. Acupuncture typically incorporates traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) as an integral part of its practice and theory.

Where did acupuncture come?

It is being claimed that Chinese acupuncture has been around for at least four millennia. There is evidence that in the Stone Age, Chinese treated painful abscesses by using sharp knives of stone, a practice called 'Bian' in Chinese. Historical records attest that the practice is at least 2000 years old.

Acupuncture points

Acupuncture points are locations on the body; several hundred acupuncture points are considered to be located along meridians (connected points across the anatomy which affect a specific organ or other part of the body). There are also numerous "extra points" not associated with a particular meridian.

Despite considerable efforts to understand the anatomy and physiology of the "acupuncture points", the definition and characterization of these points remains controversial. Research has been published suggesting acupuncture points may be associated activation of specific brain areas using functional magnetic resonance imaging or areas of low electrical impedance in the body but overall evidence for the existence of acupuncture points is not compelling.

Points

You can try if you want!!Acupressure point LI-4

-Name: Joining of the Valleys (Large Intestine 4)-Location: On the top side of the hand, on the web between thumb and index finger. To locate, squeeze the thumb against the base of the index finger. The point is located on the highest point of the bulge of the muscle, level with the end of the crease.-Use: Press. -Warning: Don't use this point during pregnancy.-Effects: Letting go of grief. Calms.