WHAT ARE ACUPUNCTURE POINTS AND MERIDIANS?
Acupuncture points are those areas on the skin that have shown to have some influence on pain or body function when stimulated by a needle prick or heat. These points are quite small and exact localization is quite important to attain maximum benefits from a given treatment. Acupuncture points invented over many years of close observance and trial and error. Certain areas of the skin may become painful or tender to the touch in certain conditions and many points found in this way by astute Oriental physicians. The points organized into twelve classic meridians and several extra meridians. The names of the classic meridians are lung, large intestine, stomach, spleen-pancreas, heart, small intestine, bladder, kidney, pericardium, triple-heater, gall bladder and liver.
