That's absolutely right, annie -- whatever treatment modality we try, we need to do a gentle, diluted form of it. Also, while I'm thinking of it, if you go back for acupuncture for other symptoms, people in w/d have found that they have to tell the acupuncturist to avoid any stimulating treatment, even if that is the formula that the practitioner normally uses. For us, acupuncture seems to work best if it's only calming treatments.