Since knowledge of acupuncture has spread all over the world, Western practitioners have discovered that it can be used to reduce weight, suppress addictions (to smoking, drinking and hard drugs), relieve pain at parturition, and even enhance facial blood circulation to eliminate minor wrinkles.
而針灸普遍在世界各地發展了以後，西方針灸醫師又發現，針灸可以用來抑制食慾以幫助減肥，可以幫助一個人壓抑他對煙、酒或毒品的需求，可以用來作無痛分娩，也可以增進臉部血液循環，消除臉上細小的皺紋。