Acupuncture is a form of Traditional Chinese Medicine that has been utilized as a method of alternative medicine and is often put into play for those who have been diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome. Acupuncture has been shown to work and there are other related procedures that are similar. For example, electro-acupuncture is commonly used for pain relief or the prevention of pain all together. Electro-acupuncture, as the name implies, involves the use of very tiny electrical impulses that are introduced into the body by way of acupuncture needles. The power used is approximately a few micro amperes however the current’s frequency can vary anywhere from 5 to 2,000 Hz. General pain relief tends to use lower frequencies while the higher ones are saved for surgery (such as abdominal surgeries). In China it is very common for electro-acupuncture to be used as a method of surgical analgesia. Two other common procedures are sonopuncture and ear acupuncture.