Acupuncture and pain: Treating the whole person by Grace Ganel “When there is no flow, there is pain. When there is flow, there is no pain.” This saying is the heart of pain management with acupuncture. Acupuncture diagnosis and treatment is centered around the flow of “Qi” (energy) in the Meridians (the regions of the body where the acupuncture points are found). Pain can result from a number of different diagnostic roots according to Chinese medical theory, but the root que