Medical acupuncture or dry needling is the use of hair fine needles to stimulate certain points on the body. This aims to reduce certain troublesome symptoms and to increase symptoms of a health and well-being.
The traditional Chinese theory behind acupuncture as medical treatment is very different from that of Western medicine. In traditional Chinese medicine, imbalances in the basic energetic flow of life – known as qi or chi (chee) – are thought to cause illness.