When an acupuncture needle pierces tissue while being manually oscillated, slow-moving acoustic waves are sent into the muscles, triggering calcium flow.
Calcium interacts with white blood cells to produce endorphins that help alleviate symptoms such as pain and nausea.
The effectiveness of acupuncture depends on how accurately the needle hits the acupoints. The acoustic waves generated by acupuncture can travel between six and eight centimeters along the grain of pierced muscle only when the needle is inserted on an acupoint.
If the needle is a centimeter off of the acupoint, it can still be effective, even though the waves generated will travel only three to four centimeters.
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