Acupuncture is a technique of inserting and manipulating filiform needles into points on the body with the aim of relieving pain and for therapeutic purposes. Bloodletting also known in modern medicine as phlebotomy, "needle", and pungere, "prick"). Auriculotherapy -also known as aricular therapy (ear acupuncturem. Moxibustion is an oriental medicine therapy utilizing moxa, or mugwort herb, Fire cupping is a method of applying acupressure by creating a vacuum next to the patient's skin