Acupuncture is safe for children over the age of 8. It usually begins with as minimum as 4 needles that ultimately increase to 12. Children are provided acupuncture for stomach ache, headache, neck pain, back pain, stress, stress-induced nausea and vomiting, IBS, constipation, colic, allergies, migraine, ADD/ADHD and chronic fatigue syndrome. There is no scientific evidence to support acupuncture for children.