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The Benefits of
Acupuncture and How It
Can Change Your Life
 Acupuncture can help with a vast majority of health risks. One huge
benefit to the practice is that it helps to relieve long term chronic pain.
The needles release the tension that builds underneath the surface of
the body and can help relax any strained muscles.
 It also helps treat insomnia: again, acupuncture helps to relax the mind
as well as the body (this is where it differs from Western medicine) and
helps insomnia suffers to be calm, ergo helping them to sleep at night.
 Another benefit to acupuncture is that in some cases it can also help
patients to lose weight, according to sources such as the British
Acupuncture Council. While someone will not lose weight with
acupuncture alone, studies published in Medical Acupuncture found
that ear acupuncture coupled with 15 minutes’ worth of exercise and a
2000 calorie a day diet does help to reduce weight.