Acupuncture has long baffled medical experts and no wonder: It holds that an invisible
life force called qi (pronounced chee) travels up and down the body in 14 meridians.
Illness and pain are due to blockages and imbalances in qi. Inserting thin needles
into the body at precise points can unblock the meridians, practitioners believe,
and treat everything from arthritis and asthma to anxiety, acne and infertility.
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(AP) Chief Warrant Officer James Brad Smith broke five ribs, punctured a lung and
shattered bones in his hand and thigh after falling more than 20 feet from a Black
Hawk helicopter in Baghdad last month. While he was recovering at Walter Reed Army
Medical Center in Washington, his doctor suggested he add acupuncture to his treatment
to help with the pain. On a recent morning, Col. Richard Niemtzow, an Air Force
physician, carefully pushed a short needle into part of Smith's outer ear. The soldier
flinched, saying it felt like he "got clipped by something." By the time three more
of the tiny, gold alloy needles were arranged around the ear, though, the pain from
his injuries began to ease.
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