Acupuncture is one alternative producer that a lot of people not just Filipinos are afraid to try, with it’s association with pins and needles, having a few being poked at you to treat a sickness is not actually their idea of fun. But would you rather suffer through illness than bare a more simpler needles on your body? Doc Philip Nino Tan-Gaute, an acupuncturist, gave us some light as to why Acupuncture is nothing to be afraid of. Acupuncture, in the narrow sense, refers to the insertion and manipulation of needles into the body, usually at set locations known popularly as “points”. In the broad sense, it refers to a collection of procedures related to needling. The word itself comes from the latin acus meaning “needle” and pungere meaning “to puncture” and it involves penetrating the skin with thin, solid, metallic needles. These needles are then manipulated by hand or…