Traditional medicine from China has been long considered as an alternative method for treating pain, like headaches, lower back pain, or nausea. Primary treatment is to balance the Yin and Yang in the body. When there is a disease caused by imbalance of Yin and Yang, the needle inserted at several points of the body to smooth the way ci (energy), for normal body functions.

According to the MRI scans, acupuncture works directly to the brain to reduce the pain that we experience. Thus, the effect of acupuncture is recognized more than just psychological. The researchers said the technique used will limit the activity in the parts of the brain involved in measuring pain, thereby reducing the ability of the mind to process pain.

Activation of some areas of the brain involved in pain perception regulated through acupuncture. Previously, we have conducted experiments at the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany, who studied the brain scans of volunteers who were given a mild electric shock without acupuncture. Then, given electric shocks again when acupuncture needles placed between the toes, under the knee, and close your thumb.

Last year, The National Institute for Clinical Excellence has said it will support this traditional treatment with the doctors suggested to consider acupuncture as a treatment for cases of lower back pain is not specific.