How to Look For a Good Acupuncture School

Since 1982, acupuncture has found its way to the US. There are currently 50 schools that teach it and 3,000 licensed practitioners all over the country. Do you think you can be a licensed professional? Here are a few things to help you look for a good acupuncture school.

You should now that the 50 schools mentioned are all accredited by the National Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine.  It is recognized by the Department of Education and some of these schools even have a masters program.

The secret of acupuncture

Acupuncture really does pass the pain and there is no placebo effect. Its action on the same areas of the brain that are activated by painful stimuli, with the misleading false impulses and sends them to 'short circuit', making them unable to sustain the perception of pain itself.
A new study on the biological basis of this oriental therapy confirms the scientific validity. According to research conducted at the University of Essen, Germany, acupuncture is able to change the brain's response to pain.