Q: Can Acupuncture Treat Skin Conditions? A: For thousands of years, traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) practitioners (Chinese physicians) have used acupuncture and herbs to treat a wide variety of common skin ailments. That same wisdom can be effectively applied today. TCM views health as a balance within the body's internal landscape and the environment. Disease can occur if there is too much or too little Qi (energy), blood, yin, and yang. Also, the impact of environmen