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Ten Things You Did Not Know About Acupuncture


1- Acupuncture is not just for treating pain.

2- You don’t have to “believe” in it for it to work.
Heck, the practitioner does not even need to believe in it for it to work.

3- Anxiety or depression are not simply psychological problems.

4- There are no magic cures. But, sometimes it feels that way.

5- Yes, it is common to feel profoundly relaxed after an acupuncture treatment.

6- Yes, those herbs do taste as bad as you have heard they do.

7- You don’t have to be Chinese to practice Chinese medicine.

8- No, you don’t have to know how to read or speak Chinese to practice acupuncture. But, it does help.

9- It is excellent for treating chronic conditions, but also good at preventing them in the first place.
So, get right into your acupuncturist after that car accident!

10- It makes you look ten years younger, raises your IQ, immunizes you against parking tickets, and makes you more attractive to the opposite sex.

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Seattle Chinese Medicine Examiner

Michael Max graduated from the Seattle Institute of Oriental Medicine in 1998. He has established two practices in Seattle and spent five years in...

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