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  • The Art of Needles

  • Use these tips as an introduction to your experience with acupuncture. These steps will ensure you're informed and prepared for your first acupuncture session.
  • Acupuncture needles are nothing like the thick, hollow hypodermic needles used in Western medicine. The sensations felt during an Acupuncture treatment vary greatly. Learn what an Acupuncture treatment feels like.
  • Traditional Chinese medicine theorizes that the more than 2,000 acupuncture points on the human body connect with 12 main and 8 secondary pathways, called meridians, which conduct energy, or qi, between the surface of the body and internal organs.
  • Acupuncture has been used to relieve or cure many different health problems. Browse our index of health conditions treatable by acupuncture therapy.
    - Will acupuncture therapy work for you?
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  • Acupuncture An ancient Chinese health practice that involves puncturing the skin with hair-thin needles at particular locations, called acupuncture points, on the patient's body. Acupuncture is believed