Acupuncture Analgesia

**Definition:** Analgesia produced by the insertion of ACUPUNCTURE needles at certain ACUPUNCTURE POINTS on the body. This activates small myelinated nerve fibers in the muscle which transmit impulses to the spinal cord and then activate three centers - the spinal cord, midbrain and pituitary/hypothalamus - to produce analgesia.

**Tree numbers:** - E02.190.044.105 - E03.091.048

**Synonyms:** - Analgesia, Acupuncture