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use in operations. Acupuncture uses stainless steel needles that are put into the skin at certain points on the body so that a disease can be cured or a health problem solved.These points are called acupuncture points. When acupuncture was first practised，there were 365 such points.The number of acupuncture points was the same as the number of days in a year.However，over the last 2,000 years，this number has gradually increased to about 2,000. Some acupuncturists insert needles at or near the body part affected by the disease，while others select points according to the symptoms that the patien