Acupunc­ture involves the inser­tion of very fine, sin­gle use, stain­less steel nee­dles into spe­cif­ic points in the body which re-estab­lish health, by rec­ti­fy­ing the body’s own self heal­ing mech­a­nisms. Nee­dles are left in for approx­i­mate­ly 25 to 45 min­utes. Each ses­sion the doc­tor assess­es changes that have occurred and a new point pre­scrip­tion is used. Depend­ing on the pre­sent­ing con­di­tion, patients gen­er­al­ly receive a course of acupunc­ture treatments.