When the student is ready, the teacher will appear. After a year of adjusting medications and supplement tom control a heart rhythm condition in my patient, she came in with a big smile and a bounce. In this case, she was the teacher. On her own, "Billie" had begun frequent sessions with an acupuncturist who inserts thin needles into the body. In just a short time, episodes of heart pounding diminished and she documented a distinct improvement. Her experience led me to research the use of acupuncture more broadly, and this component of traditional Chinese medicine is now part of my "tool box" for restoring health at a root-cause level. Though more research is needed, I've seen a positive response from acupuncture therapy in some heart patients.