September 4, 2010, 4:18 pm
Acupuncture is the gentle insertion of extremely fine needles at specific points of the body. The theory behind acupuncture is that there are two thousand energy points on the body that are connected by twenty pathways [meridians running throughout the length of the body. These pathways conduct flow of energy called "qi" or "chi", meaning life force. Blockage of energy in any of these points can cause pain in the body. Acupuncture serves to clear any type of energy blockage in any of the...(read more)