Acupuncture Q and A

Frequently Asked Questions About Acupuncture

1. What is acupuncture?

Acupuncture is a 5,000 year old Chinese system of natural healing (No drugs, No surgery), which is concerned with restoring proper energy flow to the various organs, glands and tissues of the body on the premise that most diseases are the result of malfunction due to disrupted energies.

Explanations: The Chinese definition of Health is "All parts of the body functioning normally," all 460 trillion parts. If there is an interruption in the transmission of energy flow or life force (called ch'i in Chinese), then organ malfunction, disease, pain and suffering are inevitable.

2. Where does the Interruption of energy flow occur?

In either or both locations: (1) In the channels of energy flow, which are located throughout the body just beneath the skin surface; (2) In the spinal column where vertebrae may become misaligned, thereby compressing vital nerve trunks.

3. Are there other causes of disease besides those associated with the interference of the transmission of energy flow?

Yes, of course. Psychosomatic states, hereditary factors, poisons, adverse environmental conditions, injury, germs, malnutrition, etc....are all disease producing.

4. How do you detect the disturbance in energy flow within a patient?


5. Assuming I'm going to take acupuncture treatments, how are they performed?


  1. Long needles insertion (especially done in acupuncture anesthesia for surgery)
  2. Short needle penetration
  3. Non piercing needles
  4. Finger tip pressure (called sinshin or "finger needles")
  5. Metallic balls taped in the points
  6. Electrical stimulation
  7. Moxabustion (the burning of herbs over the points)

Note: The non-piercing needle (teishin) is very popular because the technique is practically painless, there is no blood, no danger of infections and results are equal to, if not better than other techniques.

6. What are some of the conditions commonly treated by acupuncture?

Textbook listed conditions run into hundreds. Typical ailments usually responding to acupuncture health care includes: neuralgia, headaches, trigeminal neuralgia, tics, spasms, muscular rheumatism, neuralgia of the shoulders and arm, tennis elbow, osteoarthritis, rheumatism, ulcers, stomach problems, diarrhea, hepatitis, asthma, bronchitis, shortness of breath, coughs, certain types of heart trouble, abnormal blood pressure, hemorrhoids, lumbago, bladder irritation, bed wetting, certain kidney problems, female disorders, impotence, glaucoma (sometimes), weak eyesight, hay fever, loss of smell, tonsillitis, loss of hearing, skin conditions and even nervous and psychiatric factors based on the fact that often mental problems arise from physical disorders.


7. Out of, say, 10 patients accepted for acupuncture health care, how many usually respond favorably?


8. Are spinal adjusting treatments necessary with acupuncture?

Absolutely. Spinal adjusting is part of the acupuncture health care. World authorities, including Feliz Mann, M.D. of England, Paul Nogier, M.D. of France, and Kurizo Nugayama, M.D. of Japan are very emphatic on this aspect of "getting well." Dr. Mann states that many internal diseases are cured by the spinal adjustment alone. Leaving the adjustment (chiropractic) out of the treatment plan invites failure.

9. Does acupuncture have another name?

Yes. In fact the word acupuncture is incorrect because it implies needles only. The proper wording is "Meridian Therapy," or Ching Lo Chi Liao in Chinese. It was named "acupuncture" in the 16th century by Portugese sailors who knew no better. The name stuck.

10. In America, to what kind of doctor should one go for this type of health care?

Any doctor (chiropractor, medical, or osteopath) who has had the proper training.

Any doctor who has not had the proper training is pretending to know something he or she doesn not know, and by that definition is a quack. Just because a doctor happens to have chiropractic, medical or an osteopathic degree does not mean that he or she is qualified to do acupuncture. If he or she engages in practice, he or she is guilty of acupuncture malpractice. He or she must receive qualified training and pass exams to certify competence. This protects the public.

11. In Acupuncture (Meridian Therapy) are there other significant factors besides skin point stimulation and vertebral adjusting?

  1. Proper nutrition
  2. Adequate rest
  3. Moderate exercise
  4. A positive mental attitude

12. Has any research, other than empirical, been conducted?

Meridian Therapy is natural healing based on knowledge of another biological principal, new only to the western world. Soviet scientists Novinski and Vorobiev have proven the preciseness of ancient Chinese healing by localizing meridian points with a Wheatstone bridge, using an alternating current to prevent polarization. This was fed by a generator of sonic frequency and recorded on a cathode ray oseiliograph. When the electrode touched an active acupuncture point the amplitude of the wave on the oseilograph diminished. Best results were derived from frequencies of a few kilohertz and voltage from several milivolts to 4 volts. Research? The Russians have already done it.

The research needed concerned results in the country on the sick American. I'm doing that here in Edmond, Oklahoma. How? Our member doctors are sending in testimonials from their patients from all over this nation. We will report on this project later.

We should welcome new knowledge as it is found....that is what science is all about. Acupuncture won't swallow us will strengthen our medical professions.

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