Acupuncture  is done by inserting very fine sterilized needles into specific points on the skin to stimulate the body's energy or chi. The effects are that it helps restore balance by coaxing the body to remember what it feels like to be normal. Treatments are given from twice a week to once a month depending on the severity of the symptoms.

One of the advantages of acupuncture is that the incidence of adverse effects is substantially lower than that of many drugs or other accepted procedures used for the same conditions.” Acupuncture NIH Consensus Statement 15(5) (1997) 1-34.