Acupuncture is an ancient system of healing.
The earliest acupuncture books were written 2,500 years ago and the earliest known needle dates back to 5,000 years ago. Today world-wide there are over three million practitioners. Acupuncture began with the discovery that the stimulation of specific areas of the skin affected the functioning of certain organs of the body. It evolved into a system of healing as the connection between the skin and the organs was better understood and more sensitive ways of stimulation were devised. In the West, acupuncture has been misleadingly publicised as only being helpful in specific conditions, for example, pain control or weight loss, whereas in fact, it is extremely effective in a wide variety of conditions through its power to stimulate our own healing responses.