How Acupuncture Works For Pain
The mechanisms underlying how acupuncture is so effective for treating pain have been researched
extensively for over 60 years. While there is still much left to learn about acupuncture mechanisms and the human body in general, the neural pathways from acupuncture point stimulation, to the spinal cord to the deactivation of the pain centers in the brain have been mapped.
Acupuncture has been demonstrated to activate a number of the body’s own opioids as well as improving the brain’s sensitivity to opioids.
A number of other biochemicals involved in pain reduction have been found to be released or regulated by acupuncture stimulation, including