There are a number of reasons why acupuncture works. Seventy percent of the acupuncture points that are used to place the needles are coincidently the same points as those that are known in medical terms as trigger points for pain. There are some researchers who say that the reason acupuncture works is because it stimulates these points, generating almost an electrical current around them and so sending some kind of signal into the skin. This has not been completely proven and other researchers say that it is being referred to wrongly. They claim instead that the insertion of the needles in fact stimulates the body's natural pain relievers; the endorphins. Others claim that the reason it works is because the acupuncturists have found a way to hold back the pain by stimulating the larger nerves. This then blocks the pain messages from the smaller nerves and so ends the pain. Acupuncture is one method of pain relief that has way too many western theories. If you ask those that use acupuncture they will tell you that it works for them, that they are pleased with the results and that the reasons why it works do not interest them at all. |
