I studied to be a Acupuncture Physician. Many people miss out on a wonderful form of healing because they discount acupuncture as weird or new age. It is a very old modality and has stood the test of time. Current medicine, as we know it, is only several hundred years old. Current medicine medicates the symptoms, rather than get to the root of the problem. Natural medicine seeks to get to the root. Acupuncture works on the Energy System of the body. It is like the Circulatory System in that it flows in certain proscribed and known ways. This is the reason why Acupuncture can heal. If the Energy System is “sick”, the physical body will become sick, in time.
Acupuncture can address a problem BEFORE it shows up in the physical body. In that way, it is truly preventative medicine.