Acupuncture is a method of encouraging the body to promote natural healing and to improve functioning. Early Chinese physicians thought that channels of energy run in regular patterns through the body and over its surface. They are called meridians , which are like rivers flowing through the body to irrigate and nourish the tissues .
Acupuncture is a very old medical art, and there are many approaches to learning and practicing it.
Medical acupuncture is the term used to describe acupuncture performed by a doctor trained and licensed in Western medicine who has also had thorough training in acupuncture as a specialty practice. Such a doctor can use one or the other approach, or a combination of both as the need arises, to treat an illness. While acupuncture is often associated with pain control, in the hands of a well-trained practitioner it has much broader applications. Acupuncture can be effective as the only treatment used, or as the support or adjunct to other medial treatment forms in many medical and surgical disorders. Urinary, menstrual, and reproductive problems.