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PLEASE HELP WILL MARK BRAINLIEST!!!! Read the passage below and answer questions 11-15.

Acupuncture is an ancient Chinese medical treatment that involves placing needles into a person’s skin at specific points to trigger healing. Though many people in America think getting poked with needles doesn’t sound like it will cure a cold, more and more people are trying, and liking, acupuncture. Slowly, the Western medical community is beginning to see that acupuncture is a legitimate treatment for a wide variety of symptoms.
Most people are understandably nervous about being pricked with needles. Shots are no fun, and being jabbed with needles is no fun. It is important to remember that, with acupuncture, the needles are extremely thin. Hypodermic needles used for injections like the flu shot are much thicker because the liquid of the vaccine needs to flow through the needle. Acupuncture needles are solid, and because no liquid goes through them, they can be almost as thin as a hair. Being pricked with such a thin needle does not hurt much, if at all, though it can feel like there is some pressure at the needle point.
The basic understanding of Chinese medicine is that energy in our bodies flows through certain channels, called meridians. For one reason or another, the energy in these channels can become blocked, causing sickness. Placing the needles in specific points helps to stimulate the energy flowing through the meridians, clearing away the blockages. During treatment, patients usually lie on their backs while the acupuncturist inserts needles into certain points on the hands, arms, feet, legs, ears, and even the face. Once the needles have been inserted, the patient is often left to relax for 30 minutes or longer to allow the needles to do their work. It is not uncommon for the patient to fall asleep during this time, even with a dozen needles sticking out of his or her body! There's nothing like a nap at the doctor's office!
In addition to the needles, acupuncture patients are often treated with herbs. These herbs can be either in the form of tea or pills. The herbs are used to balance the body and are all naturally-occurring plants. Unlike many Western medications, herbs are not addictive and do not cause the body to feel altered.
Acupuncture is relatively new in places like the United States. Many people, including doctors, do not believe that acupuncture does anything to make people healthier. But, because more and more people are trying it and feeling better, acupuncture is growing in popularity and becoming more widely accepted.

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Wellness
How Does Acupuncture Work? Benefits, Needles, Definition
Reveiwed By Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD on 4/13/2017
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What Is Acupuncture?
Acupuncture is a healing art that originated in China and is primarily used for pain relief.
Acupuncture is a healing art that may have originated in ancient China. Documents describing the practice date back to the first century BCE, while some believe archaeological evidence points to a much earlier origin: possibly as early as 8,000 years ago.

The medical theory of acupuncture centers on the concept of qi energy (pronounced “chee”). Qi is said to flow through the body's energy pathways, known as meridians. Meridians match certain organs or groups of organs. Unlike Western medicine, traditional Chinese medicine holds that disease is caused by an imbalance of this energy's flow through the meridians.

In an attempt to unblock or otherwise redirect the flow of energy, acupuncturists shallowly insert very thin needles into specific points in the skin tissue. These points are called acupoints. There are different ways of counting the acupoints, but most systems catalog about 350-400 such points. Medical acupuncture is often used for pain relief, among other treatments, and is now covered by many insurance policies.

We want to help you make the best possible choices regarding the health of yourself and your family. To that end, read on to discover how acupuncture is thought to work, the common ailments acupuncturists seek to relieve, certain dangers to be avoided, how to best choose an acupuncturist, and much more.


How Does Acupuncture Work?
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Understanding how this ancient Chinese health method works has been challenging to modern science. There are two ways to look at the question. On one hand, an ancient explanation is available to describe this treatment using terms like qi energy and meridians, none of which are recognized by clinical researchers. On the other hand, scientists have attempted to explain the phenomenon using standard medical terms.

According to traditional Chinese medicine, our bodies' life force depends on a balanced flow of energy. This energy may be called qi, blood, or electrical energy from the nervous system. Under this system of belief, qi can become blocked, which causes painful sensations or loss of function in various body parts. From this perspective, an acupuncturist's job is to remove blockages to make qi or blood circulate better, which is said to restore a healthy balance to the body.