The ancient Chinese technique of sticking needles into the skin to relieve pain, nausea and many other ills can indeed make people feel better -- more mellow and more energized. Many researchers used ...

Acupuncture involves treating illness by inserting needles at specified body locations (acupoints). The Principal meridians are pathways that join acupoints with related physiologic effects. Despite ...

Wikipedia offers a concise definition of acupuncture and summarizes the controversy surrounding the procedures: "It is a technique of inserting and manipulating fine filiform needles into specific ...

Acupuncture has been — how shall we say? — one of the less ridiculed techniques of alternative medicine, at least in recent years. A body of evidence shows that it does indeed relieve pain, for many ...

This week’s episode of Well, That’s Awkward gets prickly — literally. In Episode 7, hosts Susan Osman and Rachel Branson dive into the world of acupuncture, meridian theory, facial needling and those ...

Otzi the Iceman had a total of 61 tattoos during his life 5,300 years ago, new scans have revealed, supporting the theory they served as a very early form of acupuncture. Published in the Journal of ...

If you have always liked the idea of acupuncture but been put off by the prospect of needles, there is a non-invasive alternative. Laser acupuncture, a relatively new method of stimulation, uses ...