Acupuncture is a medical treatment. It looks simple but is not simple, in China every acupuncturist have to be trained 5 years and get qualified medical doctor listen.  To be responsible for patients, we shouldn't give anybody liscen without been trained properly.

In Chinese medicine book ?hongdineijing ??lingshujing?which was written 3 thousand years ago, it clearly record, acupuncture is dry needles. Any dry needle punch the  skin is classified acupuncture .