10 things you didn’t know about acupuncture

Posted by DAAN on June 17, 2008 under Acupuncture, Disease |

A pithy, information post about acupuncture and Chinese herbs:

1- Acupuncture is not just for treating pain.

2- You don’t have to “believe” in it for it to work.
Heck, the practitioner does not even need to believe in it for it to work.

3- Anxiety or depression are not simply psychological problems.

4- There are no magic cures. But, sometimes it feels that way.

5- Yes, it is common to feel profoundly relaxed after an acupuncture treatment.

6- Yes, those herbs do taste as bad as you have heard they do.

7- You don’t have to be Chinese to practice Chinese medicine.

8- No, you don’t have to know how to read or speak Chinese to practice acupuncture. But, it does help.

9- It is excellent for treating chronic conditions, but also good at preventing them in the first place.
So, get right into your acupuncturist after that car accident!

10- It makes you look ten years younger, raises your IQ, immunizes you against parking tickets, and makes you more attractive to the opposite sex.

(not sure about that last one, but what the heck!