_________（48）A.In many places especially outside

_________（48）

A.In many places,especially outside of Asia,only doctors are allowed to perform acupuncture.

B.The earliest written record of acupuncture is found in the Huangdi Neijing.

C.Doctors have even used acupuncture to stop pain during an operation.

D.The points can also be very far away from the place of pain.

E.Others think that the needles block pain signals that travel along the nerves to the brain.

F. It is an old Chinese form of healing in which your skin is pierced with thin needles to relieve pain.