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The Amazing Beauty Trick You Haven't Tried: Acupuncture

How a few well-placed needles can make you happier, thinner and younger-looking

by Allie Flinn  |  2 COMMENTS

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Needles For: Calming a Tension Headache
Needles For: Calming a Tension Headache If you're chronically stressed (see above), you're probably pretty familiar with tension headaches. While headache pains occur in the head, Mintsis says the culprit is usually somewhere else. "Poor posture, heavy bags and long hours at work in front of a computer create a lot of tension in our neck and upper back muscles," she says. "In addition, a lot of people carry their stress in their neck and upper back, and feel increased pain and tension every time they are exposed to a stressful situation." (Which is most of the time, for many of us).

To relieve this, Mintsis explains that, in Chinese medicine, you place the needle where the tension is to balance the qi and increase blood flow to the area. "That is the 'calming point,' and if you place needles at many of these, then you open the channels of chi, to ease pain in the body," she explains.
 

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