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Acupuncture is a part of ancient Chinese medicine. It?s a technique very similar to acupressure.

Fine needles are inserted to stimulate specific points in the skin called meridians which are considered to be energy paths to treat illness and ensure general good health.

When a person gets sick or get injured the chi (pronounced either ‘chee’ or ‘kie’, like pie) gets blocked and positive energy stops flowing.

Along the body’s exterior surface, there are different points of acupuncture scattered all over, around 365 points. All these points follow 14 main meridian paths.

When specially designed needles or acupressure are placed at certain locations on the meridians the blocks are released thus enabling the chi to circulate freely.

The theory is similar to removing blocks that are preventing a river from flowing freely. Acupuncture regularizes the flow of ‘chi’ so that it moves at a steady pace, not too fast and not too slow.

This type of healing has been done in China for the past 4,000 years, and was discovered when these needles were found in archaeological digs of the late Shang Dynasty (c.1000 BC).

The three kinds of acupuncture are traditional Yin/Yang Theory, Five Elements, and the Western or medical acupuncture.

The procedures used in the different types of acupuncture are the same, both to detect as well as to treat, but the approach towards determining the origin of the illness and the treatment vary somewhat between styles.

The five-element structure acupuncture is based on the five-element cycle seen in Chinese medicine. The basic idea is that a disease or sickness is caused by physical or emotional stress.

Based on this, it?s thought that only if inner stress is taken care of can physical illness or symptoms be cured.

This method is a slow process, because it treats both the symptoms and the reason behind the disease. Due to this process, it takes longer to attain full recovery.

The Yin/Yang theory, on the other hand, believes that overall balance of the Yin and Yang needs to be maintained for good health. This type of acupuncture involves needles being pierced along all the meridians to help cure and affect different illnesses in your body.

The last method, Western acupuncture, is focused on short-term, immediate cure of illnesses which combines Western and Eastern medical principles. This method has two sub-categories.

The first is the anesthetic acupuncture, and is used is surgical and dental procedures. Again it is used as an analgesic for temporary but immediate effect.

The second category is acupuncture used to treat long-term illnesses.

This category is very effective for treating allergies, depression, arthritis, asthma, gynecological disorders, infertility, high blood pressure and migraines, as shown by respectable and reputable medical researches.

Acupuncture has been found to be effective in treating chronic illnesses which conventional medicines have not been able to treat. It has also been effective in curing illnesses caused by lifestyle problems.