Threading the needle: How Gainesville acupuncturists apply the popular practice
By Christopher Rodriguez | June 19Acupuncture is a component of Chinese medicine in which thin filiform needles are placed into skin to stimulate the body’s nervous system and provide relief to a variety of ailments — like muscular pain, which the practice is most known to treat. When viewed through the lens of Chinese medicine, the needles work to balance the body’s flow of qi — or vital life force — as it flows across the body’s channels.



















