Lotus Center for Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine

This is a pretty good summarization of some of the things we understand acupuncture does to the body, from a scientific perspective. Keep in mind Chinese medicine has ways of understanding and explaining what acupuncture does to the body that have been around for thousands of years. But I believe it is good to understand it through both lenses, if we can.

In Chinese medicine, it is believed that energy, or Qi, waxes and wanes through various organs during a 24 hour period. This can impact our energy levels, emotions, and health on many levels, as each organ is involved in its own set of influences on all the aspects of our being:

The neurophysiology behind why acupuncture helps in carpal tunnel syndrome was recently demonstrated in a study published in the Journal of Neurology: