Acupuncture Recently, acupuncture has become a(1) ______word in America. (1) ______ Acupuncture was performed in China long before the study of(2) ______. (2) ______ In very ancient times, pieces of sharp stones were used to press or prick certain section of the body in order to cure an illness. Later, needles were made from(3) ______and bamboo. (3) ______ In the course of time, the Chinese people learned to make needles out of copper, iron, and silver. Today, the needles are made of(4) ______. (4) ______ Important factors in the acupuncture treatment: -- The size and(5) ______of the needles. (5) ______ The depth of the insertion. The(6) ______of the time the needle should be left in the body. (6) ______ Finally, the number of needles used in each treatment. The earliest recorded acupuncture cure took place about(7) ______years ago. (7) ______ The most important book on acupuncture appeared in the Qin Dynasty. In the book,(8) ______basic points in human body were listed, (8) ______ and a total of 649 points in a human body were defined. A French(9) ______introduced it to the west at the beginning of this century. (9) ______ The first acupuncture clinicwas set up in(10) ______It was not until 1958 that the Chinese began to use acupuncture as an anesthesia. (10) _____