Acupuncture presentation?

I am doing a presentation on acupuncture to my psychology class. I have to do some kind of demo, what should I do and no, I can't poke people! I was thinking doing acupressure points instead, what do you think I could do?

It rather depends on the objective of your presentation. There are some philosophic similarities between acupressure and acupuncture, but there are differences as well. Acupressure is based on the philosophy that a tight or spasmed muscle cannot resist a greater pressure being placed on key muscles or triggerpoints. Acupuncture is based on stimulating energy flow along the meridians. You could make the argument that relieving a tight muscle or trigger point could increase energy flow along the meridians, but it is not a direct correlation.

However, acupressure does work. If you have time, buy the book, "Acupressure's Potent Points: a Guide to Self-Care for Common Ailments" by Michael Reed Gach. It is an excellent illustrated manual on the topic and explains the underlying theory behind why it works.

Your idea sounds good unless you'd be willing to do it on yourself. A video clip would be great too.

Diane

make a jello mold and stick the acupunture pins in it so people could visualize how deep the pins go in , use a light color jello so you can see from the side or make different colors showing the depth of the skin etc