
Acupuncture is an ancient practice in which very fine needles are inserted into the skin at strategic points on the body to relieve pain and treat disease. The Chinese developed acupuncture centuries ago in accordance with the theory that energy flows through channels between the surface of the body and internal organs. Chinese medicine maintains that the more than 2, 000 acupuncture points on the human body connect with 12 main and eight secondary meridians or channels.