Daoists practicing meditation and Yoga-like exercises came to have a tremendous degree of body awareness. This awareness of the body's energy and hormonal systems combined with observations of the disease process led to the Chinese medical framework of body energy and organ systems. Drought can lead to fires, as a dry cough can turn into the fire of a bloody cough and fever. It is no coincidence that there are 12 meridians and about 365 main points. The Chinese calendar is still known for its astronomical accuracy.
Chinese medicine is an incredible merging of theory and experience, a poem of nature and change.
Of course there are more than 365 points on the body, but the 365 main points taught in acupuncture are the ones found most useful in treating diseases and pain. While scientists openly admit that acupuncture has many unknown ways of working, they have agreed on several things which help to understand the healing results of acupuncture. Much of the research has dealt with endorphins and enkephalins, the body's natural pain killers. Acupuncture reliably stimulate the release of significant amounts of endorphins. Acupuncture has been shown to favorably alter blood pressure and circulation, to stimulate the immune system, relax spasmed muscles, trigger the release of anti-inflammatory compounds, and more.