Poetry of the Body: Stories About Acupuncture Points

How did the ancients figure out where the acupuncture points were and what they did? It could have been trial and error, but that seems unlikely given the intricacies of the names of each point. The oldest known form of healing, which dates back forty to one hundred thousand years, is shamanism. Perhaps the ancient Asians who gave us acupuncture were also shamans? Perhaps they asked the spirits of the points to reveal themselves and share their secrets. In this book, author Deanna Stennett ...