Are Acupuncture Needles Really Needles?
As adults, when we think of needles most of us immediately experience a strong aversion reaction as we recall painful episodes during our own childhood when we were literally forced to endure hypodermic needles thrust into our young bodies in order to be vaccinated against certain diseases or for other specific health benefits. I certainly know because, over the years, I have successfully treated many adults with hypnotherapy who have actually developed phobias toward needles because of these traumatic childhood episodes. Even though the tip design of hypodermic needles have been greatly improved upon over the past several decades to reduce pain on insertion, for a child, getting a hypodermic needle jabbed into its little body can still be a very painful experience. The sharp, beveled tip is designed to cut through flesh and muscle so that a liquid medication or vaccine can then be injected via a plunger into the tissue through a central bore within the needle shaft. The severe pain ex
