10 interesting acupuncture facts
- The word acupuncture comes from the Latin acus, "needle", and pungere, "to prick".
- The origins of acupuncture lie in ancient China and can be traced back 5000
years. - Acupuncture is the procedure of inserting and manipulating filiform needles into various points on the body to relieve pain or for therapeutic purposes.
- Medicine practitioners use acupuncture to unblock and rebalance the flow of chi to restore health.
- There are no age restrictions for acupuncture patients.
- According to traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture points are situated on meridians along which qi (a "life energy"), flows.
- According to Acupuncturists, there is a point on the head that you can press to control your appetite.
- On the body’s exterior surface, there are 365 different points of acupuncture spread all over, and all these points follow 14 main meridian paths.
- An acupuncture needle is a needle made of stainless steel that is four to five centimeters long with a helicoids handle.
- In the United Kingdom, acupuncturists are not yet regulated by the government.
