Acupuncture is a form of alternative medicine that involves puncturing the skin with thin needles. It is primarily used to treat pain. Chinese medicine doesn’t see a separation between mind and body, and emotional ailments are just as important to address as physical ailments; they often go hand-in-hand. Ear acupuncture helps us process life’s stresses and down-regulates the sympathetic nervous system allowing for a relief from the fight-or-flight state we often get stuck in.