Acupuncture is also known as traditional oriental medicine and it is all about the energy that is found in every part of the living world.
It normally combines herbology and other healing arts.
This form of healing may or may not use needles.
A practitioner may also choose to use herbs, magnets, crystals or any other such healing aid.
This, however, is as far as the United States is concerned.
Other parts of the world define this art of healing in various ways.
Acupuncture therapy is actually concerned with placing very thin stainless steel needles in the body.
These needles will normally go from a fifth of an inch to three inches depending on which part of the body they are being placed.
They may go in the abdomen, the head, ears, arms or legs.
It may not be as painless as many believe, but they cannot compare to the normal syringes that we normally fear.
The scalp treatment is normally found in China and other parts of the world.
Its used to cure stroke and other cerebral related illnesses.
The needles, in this case, will normally be inserted horizontally and not in the brain.
It is important to note that, this healing art is concerned with all areas in which human beings seek treatment for.
That is to say that it, cures aches and pains in various parts of the body; it cures systematic problems of the organs and also addresses deeper issues of life and existence.
Acupuncture therapy is less used in most countries as it has a deep origin in china and other Asian countries.
This therefore means that, books on this subject are written in Chinese and other Asian languages making research and development on the same hard for other countries.