Acupuncture

Acupuncture is a treatment consisting of stick some points in the
skin, which are points along the meridians of energy that form a
complex network. The goal of treatment by acupuncture is balancing the
body?s functioning. It seeks to eliminate the consequences of factors
that cause disease, increase their resistance to disease of the body,
restore energy to various organs affected. Branch of traditional
Chinese medicine practice consisting of needle pricks in precise
points of the body surface of a patient in order to cure certain
diseases or to cause an analgesic effect.

It has been shown that acupuncture releases endorphins in the central
nervous system (hormones analgesic effect). Moreover, the introduction
of needles stimulate peripheral nerves, it would distract from the
pain. After traditional Chinese medicine, ki, the vital influx,
circulate in the body along meridians or lines 24 to advance in
connection with each other. The length of each meridian there are key
points.
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