Is there needleless acupuncture?
Yes, the most common form of needleless acupuncture is auricular therapy which is manual elecltrical stimulation of the acupuncture points of the ear. The ear is a micro-system of the entire body with over 200 acupuncture points available for diagnosis and treatment. Auricular therapy is an effective way of confirming a western diagnosis using an acupuncture system since it uses an instrument that measures skin resistance. The same machine can be used to tonify or disperse the excess Qi associated with that point.
