Acupuncture has found application in medicine for millennia, as a method that uses needles inserted into certain points (energy channels) thought to restore the balance of life or energy disrupted by disease. The technique emerged in ancient China as early as the 1600-1100 BC, and embodies traditional Chinese medical beliefs that health is merely equal to the balance of energy in the body, which may be disrupted by disease. The confidence in the therapeutic potential of acupuncture flows from the belief that forces that created the universe and whose interaction result in the balance within the body and the Continue reading...