www.iocob.nl ayurvedic acupuncture, a lost secret, IOCOB Integrative medicine Integrated Ayurvedic acupuncture is based on the three doshas, but the needles are placed in the same acupuncture points as in TCM.Many references exist today with regards to ancient acupuncture practice in India (see our reference section). It is impossible today to know for a fact exactly where acupuncture first originated. There are references to denote that the first needles were made of stone before the advent of metals, showing exactly just how ancient this practice is (stone age). The ancient practice of nailing a person to a cross, practised by Carthaginians (from ancient area of Lebanon) and later by the Romans also reflects a deep understanding of marmas or pressure points for the person being crucified died from suffocation, as the palm and sole marma points cause slow death by reducing air and Prana intake into the lungs. By direct contrast, by needling these points, Prana and air flow is...