FAQ

Acupuncture is a natural art and a holistic therapy that involves the use of fine needles, heat, and/or electricity, to stimulate various active points on the body.  It is effective in improving general health by preventing and alleviating pain and disease.

An acupuncturist inserts very fine needles into specific points on the body. It is made of flexible solid stainless metal. You might feel very mild stimulation. Acupuncture is painless therapy.

Scientific evidence confirms that acupuncture is effective and can alter the levels of natural chemicals called encephalins and endorphins which are produced in the brain.

Many laboratory experiments have demonstrated complex neurophysiological reflexes which may mediate some of the responses to acupuncture.

It is based on the theory that energy flows continuously through our bodies over series of meridians.  This energy qi regulates all of our body’s functions.

Acupuncture disperses the blockages and restores the balance of energy.  It results in an improvement of the body, mind and spirit, thereby restoring and maintaining health.

This is done by inserting fine needles at very precise acupuncture points. In the past four thousand years more people have been successfully treated with acupuncture.

Acupuncture is ideally suited to treat the condition as it both resolves local inflammation, spasm, and fluid accumulation as well as stimulates the circulation system through out the body, which is allopathic community to treat the pain syndromes.