Past Online Articles Create username. Using fine needles at specific points on body surfaces to treat diseases or maintain health is an ancient medical system that originated in China. Acupuncture has been revived and developed to become one of the most effective forms of treatment for a wide range of disorders, such as arthritis, headaches, skin diseases, sexual dysfunction, obesity and drug and tobacco addiction.
Acupuncture is a Western word meaning needle puncture.
However, the Chinese term Zhen Jiu means acupuncture moxibustion. It's a method of treating and preventing diseases by applying heat to points or selected body locations with burning moxa wool in the form of sticks or cones. Moxa is the Japanese word Mokusa or Mogusa, which means burning herb. It's the dried leaf of Artemesia vulagaris or Mugwort. A. Acupuncture is based on the principle that health depends on the balanced function of Qi, or vital energy, which flows through the body along a system of conduits called channels or meridians.