Acupuncture is an ancient form of Chinese medicine in which a series of needles are pushed into a person. The position of these needles relates to pressure points and chi flow. Its something I'm interested in but perhaps a little bit scared of.

Have any of you guys ever had acupuncture?

nope id love to try it for a first time but no one to try it on:(

There are many chinese medicine shops in my city. Maybe I should go and try it out...

Surely some of our Asian members have some experience?

Yes i have its wonderful! I am actually trying to go to school for it after i get my massage license. I can do cupping which kinda works the same way.

urielhelix wrote:

Yes i have its wonderful!  I am actually trying to go to school for it after i get my massage license. I can do cupping which kinda works the same way.

I have not heard of 'cupping' please tell me more.

go to wiki and put in Cupping Therapy!
wiki does it the best, But i manly use it on people with the common cold or a trigger point in the muscle.

Cupping therapy is an ancient Chinese form of alternative medicine in which a local suction is created on the skin; practitioners believe this mobilizes blood flow in order to promote healing.



I have seen it before I just didn;t know that it was called cupping. I wonder if just sucking really hard with the mouth would work lol.

XD funny story, i actually tested it out. It takes a lot of suction and a lot of mouth endurance!

But it can be Done!! Girl friend will never let me do that again...

Mark Mauvais wrote:

There are many chinese medicine shops in my city. Maybe I should go and try it out...

Surely some of our Asian members have some experience?

its very popular in chinese's massage shop here to do cupping and massage at the same time. i used to do foot massage +cupping which is good for detox of body like twice a month, but after massage and cupping we can't take shower immediately only be able to take shower in at least 6 hrs, cuz  the massager says if we take shower right after cupping or  take acupuncture the wet chi (yin chi) will get into body which is cause problems like fever or cold or other bad feeling.( the pores are fully opening). from chinese traditional doctor says the moxibustion is way more helpful and gentle to treat and prevent disease compare with acupuncture. Moxibustion is a therapy used to treat and prevent diseases by applying burning moxa(asiatic wormwood) to stimulate the human body surface. it is also an active regulating function of the body to improve and rectify the disturbance and dysfunction of certain organs in the body. the doctor said to me I'm the not type who be able to take acupuncture more often, it will blow my chi too much from my body while I'm taking cure. the best method for most of woman should be Moxibustion. so i bought some Asiatic wormwood cure my self when i  get cold , fever,( duo to i drink crystals water, i have had not get cold or fever for almost 2 yrs,)or  relax my muscles.
sometimes i use stick, sometimes i use the asiatic wormwood put on ginger chip,which is just like the pic below