Acupuncture is a healing science and art that is over 4000 years old and is the primary mode of health care for over 1 billion of the world's population (some of the healthiest people on Earth) It effects the human body through tiny needles inserted into specific points which are able to initiate changes in the body to correct dysfunction. Acupuncture can treat almost anything. The reason that acupuncture can treat so many conditions is because the focus of the acupuncturist is on returning the body to balance. Essentially, the acupuncturist allows the body to heal itself.