Acupuncture is an ancient system of healing. The earliest acupuncture books were written over two thousand years ago and today, worldwide, there are over three million practitioners.

Acupuncture began with the discovery that stimulating certain areas of the skin affected the functioning of specific organs. It evolved into a system of healing as the connection between the skin and organs was better understood and more sensitive ways of stimulation were devised. In the West acupuncture has been misleadingly publicised as being good only for specific conditions, for example, pain or weight loss. In fact it is effective for a large variety of conditions and can benefit the body, mind and spirit due to its power to stimulate our own healing response. This overall therapeutic effect is one of its great strengths.