Chinese acupuncture?

hello, i have recently been feeling like my mother is trying to "improve" me and she said she wants to take me to this place which does Chinese acupuncture. I am wondering what they do to people. Is it just sticking needles in their backs? I heard something about herbs too. Could someone please tell me what they do to people? Thank you so much.

Acupuncture involves the insertion of sterilized stainless steel needles into various points throughout the body. In the United States, the great majority of acupuncturists use "one-time use" needles, meaning they come pre-sterilized and are used only one time on you before being disposed of.

The underlying hypothesis in Chinese Medicine is that imbalance in the body's vital energy and fluids, the imbalance of Yin and Yang, leads to pain, illness, and disease. By applying stimulation through needles to acupuncture points (imagine a circuit board), we are able to turn the gates "on" or "off" to reestablish the correct balance.

Chinese herbal medicine is a huge part of the Traditional Chinese Medicine system, but does not always apply to everyone's course of treatment. Depending on what you are getting treated for will determine what modalities your acupuncturist suggests.

Well wishes, and good health.

my dad wen tto a place like that but nothing helped. its cycologigal. if you think it works , it does... in your head... get it?
they dont randomly stick needles in you. they put them in sertain places to ummm relax?muscles and stuff.
hope this helped

Its awesum ..go for it..You will be amazed at how it is painless yet cures what ales ya.

Well, most of the time it is with needles.
Don't be alarmed though,
they are extremely thin and don't hurt whatsoever.
Others just "massage" certain acupuncture points.
It really helps ; )

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First off..what's wrong with you? They need to assess you and determine what's wrong by feeling your pulse and looking at your tongue and some other anatomy of yours. Then, they will decide if you need acupuncture..mind you, you need to pay for the needles as they would be yours to use when you visit again. Sometimes they use electric current attached to those needles to kinda stimulate them. Herbs? Yeah, sometimes they prescribe them to you...

They will insert tiny needles in specific parts of your body that are theorized to help get you back into balance. Acupuncture is part of the huge realm of Chinese medicine, which involves many herbals and other methods of healing. If you tell them how you are feeling, they will probably make suggestions, and you can try these to see if your symptoms improve.

it depends

I went to acupuncture when I was like 7 or 8. They basically just stick needles in specific points (no idea how they figure out what those points are). Sometimes they use strange incense which is very warm and they rest it at specific places on you. They use disposable needles. It doesn't really hurt at all, but I used to cry anyway because I was little and they were sticking needles in my face... slightly terrifying right.