Acupuncture is the go-to Natural Treatment Option for Many and for Good Reasons: Technique

On a basic physical level, acupuncture uses needles to stimulate specific points along the muscles by piercing the skin. The stimulation may be simple, like a “poke” or more technical, as in “tonify” or “disperse” through mild, practiced needle movements. It is essential to note that acupuncture is very different from dry needling. These are two separate methods that evolved from different medical philosophies. Acupuncture takes the entire body into account when points are selected, on the basis that the outer body reflects interior processes. One of the many strengths of acupuncture is that the physical body is looked at as a unified, cohesive whole. The Chinese word for acupuncture is zhen jiu “针灸” meaning “needle and moxibustion”. Moxibustion is a herbal heating technique for therapeutic purposes.