Even though it seems incredible, the fact that through needles that are stuck into the body there can be healing of certain illnesses, it is a very normal phenomena used in many parts of the world.

Acupuncture is a medical practice oriented in the traditional Chinese philosophies, which are based in the search of energies and spiritual methods through which many human fields can be benefited, that means the physical and interior fields.

And the healing benefits of this techniques are so much, that its expansion through all of the Occidental world was needed, reason why it is called alternative medicine, which the persons can go to when the conventional treatments don’t produce the desired effect and this is where the polemic is born about if these type of practices can be done and if they really have benefits for the health.

But what backs up these kind of methodology, is that acupuncture has been used in China for more than 400 years as a way of healing pains and illnesses, without the need of studying anatomy, nutrition, biochemistry or any other matter that guides the modern science, however through this technique the states of the body can be studied more deeply and detect with satisfaction the discomforts of the affected parts.

From Healthy.net