WHAT IS WESTERN MEDICAL ACUPUNCTURE? If it is appropriate we may offer Western Medical Acupuncture to complement osteopathic treatment. It is a treatment which can relieve symptoms of physical and psychological conditions and may encourage the patients body to heal and repair itself, if it is able to do so by stimulating nerves in the skin and muscle. Typically fine needles are inserted through the skin and left in position briefly. Modern research shows that acupuncture can effect most of the body’s systems - the nervous system, muscular tone, hormone outputs, fluid circulation, antibody production and allergic responses. k