Acupuncture and Acupressure: Needles vs. Fingers

Acupuncture and acupressure are different; because acupuncture makes use of thin needles while addressing health concerns, acupressure does not break the skin. That is not to say that the two are poles apart and in fact they have much in common since both are centered on touching meridians which carry energy or chi right through a person’s body.
Traditional Chinese medicine says that ailments occur due to blockage of chi in any of the fourteen different meridians and both acupuncture and acupressure advocate energy to flow without blockages. One or both are used to treat allergies, depression, nausea, migraine headaches, arthritis, menstrual cramps as well as anxieties.