A woman undergoing acupuncture to relieve her arthritis pain was shocked to learn hundreds of acupuncture threads had been left in her knees, making her pain worse. In gold thread acupuncture, the practitioner inserts very fine, sterile gold threads into specific acupoints or problem areas. Gold thread acupuncture has been used for decades to treat bone and joint pain and headaches, primarily in China and Korea. During his evaluation, he described a 30-year history of widespread joint pain he had self-treated with gold thread acupuncture. Rather than seeing a doctor, he had been treating his pain for many years without success with gold thread acupuncture.

Source: Daily Mail December 31, 2025 08:55 UTC