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Acupuncture has finally gained mainstream acceptance in Australia with major city hospitals now engaged in a controlled trial using acupuncture to alleviate pain. The Chinese have used acupuncture for centuries as a pain relief technique in emergency operating theatres. Researchers at the University of York medical school have recently pinpointed the specific neural receptors in the brain that are deactivated by acupuncture in order to affect how the pain is processed. Acupuncture is routinely used in Australian hospital emergency departments where patients can?t tolerate the side effects of pharmaceutical drugs used to alleviate pain. Acupuncture works on the hypothalamic-pituitary system at the base of the brain. This system is responsible for releasing neurotransmitters & endorphins the body's natural pain-killing hormones. These are estimated at being 200 times more potent than morphine. As endorphins also play a big role in the functioning of the hormonal system acupuncture can work well for back pain & arthritis as well PMS & infertility or other hormone based imbalances. (more)