Acupuncture

Just wondering if anyone has had acupuncture treatment for anxiety/ depression? I signed up for a study on the effectiveness of acupuncture for anxiety/ depression and just got my welcome packet. I read this:

At each treatment session, you will receive acupuncture therapy. While you are lying down on an exam
table, the doctor will place a total of 10 small, disposable, sterile acupuncture needles at selected body points on
your right and left hands, lower legs, and feet. An additional needle will be placed on the back of your head, and
another one between your eyebrows. A small electrical current will be applied to the 2 needles on the head
throughout the treatment session, and the doctor will gently manipulate the needles on the hands and legs
approximately every ten minutes in order to stimulate the therapeutic activity of the needles. The treatment will
last approximately 30 minutes.

The things that really surprised me was the part about the "electrical current". WHAAAt? I thought acupuncture was an acient healing method, surely before electricity was invented. Now I am apprehensive about participating!

Any experience or advice is welcome.

Sat. Jan 31, 10:40am

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