I’ve already given a brief accord of my treatments, but did not have any photos to illustrate at the time. We’ve managed to take a few photos, which, according to our instructional manual, is forbidden. You know me, I don’t follow rules if I can get away with it.
Here is a photo of one of my acupuncture sessions. As you can see, they are concentrating on my legs and arms. There is also one on each side of my temple. It varies from day to day. I am constantly amazed at how deep the needles go. The needles seem longer than the width of my wrist and I am pretty sure I can feel them touching the skin on the other side.

The past few days my acupuncture has stopped. It seems they do not do acupuncture on women ‘at that time of the month’. Instead I have points that are warmed up with an incense-like candle made up of the herb called ‘mugwort’. It starts with my centre, over my belly and a few on each leg. This treatment, also called moxibustion, stimulates the circulation.
After that I still have the massage, or ‘tui na’, on my arms and legs. I think the purpose of the massage is two-fold; to stimulate circulation to the area, and to coax the muscles back into full mobility, much like what a physiotherapist would do.