Acupuncture works very differently - it looks at the underlying cause of what is happening - is the liver overtaxed, are the kidneys deficient? Is your circulation poor and why? Are there digestive problems and why? Are you always getting sick? Are your shoulders always tight? Do you often have chest pain? Is there blood stagnation (slugglish circulation) and what other problems is that causing? You get the idea. We then attempt to regulate the body through a selection of points. The idea is that health is about maintaining a state of balance - I am constantly looking at what is going out of balance and trying to bring the patient's health back into balance.