Acupuncture, the ancient art of healing has proved a lot in the field of medical world. In a many diseases which are resistant to conventional forms of therapy acupuncture has proved remarkable effect. Besides being free from the side effects commonly encountered in drug therapy it is
simple, safe, effective and economical.
The only question is how does it work after a century of dedicated research and serious research on acupuncture only it was not very easy to understand the mechanism of the complicated neurophysio-logical phenomenon.
The effects observed on needling are both subjective and objective. One of the subjective effects may be slight pain at the site of needling, but with the use of a proper technique, by an acupuncturist, this is usually negligible. Another important subjective effect is the awareness of a peculiar, sensation which the chinese call deqi. The deqi which is the patient feel is a combination of numbness, heaviness, slight soreness and distension.



