Acupuncture is considered to be a new alternative medicine in western society, and has recently become very popular in the United States ("All About Acupuncture"). Acupuncture is the insertion of hair-fine needles into the body's surface, which is supposed to cause psychological effects on the body to cure the patient of an illness. These illnesses may be emotional mental or physical (Singer). But some doctors question the validity of this practice, and believe that acupuncture may be unsafe (Barrett).
The first basis of acupuncture was probably first theorized by Shen Nung about 5000 years ago in a document called "Huang Di Nei Jing" (Singer). Shen Nung believed that there is an energy force running through the entire body called "Qi" (pronounced chee). Qi travels through the body in "meridians" or channels. These meridians run vertically up and down the body's surface (Singer). The Qi is supposed to be the mental, spiritual, emotional, and physical aspects of life. The Qi......
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