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“It reduces stress, helps with weight loss, female problems, insomnia, smoking withdrawal and alleviate cold and flu symptoms,” she added.
Acupuncture originated in China about 4,000 years ago. The treatment entered the U.S. during the Nixon era, said Dr. Larry Stephenson of Warrenton, a neurologist and acupuncturist.
James Reston, a resident of Fauquier County and the Washington correspondent of The New York Times, had acupuncture treatment in China after an appendectomy, related Larry Stephenson.
Reston came back home and reported the positive effects of acupuncture. “America was trying to establish diplomatic relations with China at that point,” said the doctor. “So, acupuncture made its way to this country.”
According to traditional Chinese medical theory, acupuncture promotes the body’s innate ability to heal itself by regulating and balancing the flow of Qi (pronounced “chee”), said Stephenson.
“Qi is the body’s electromagnetic energy that flows through 14 sets of meridians from head to foot Whenever
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