Below are some resources you may find helpful. As with anything in life, take what serves and leave the rest.
Websites
North Carolina Acupuncture Licensing Board -- search the Acupuncturist Directory to find NC licensed providers
National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
Maryland University of Integrative Health
Articles or Items of Interest
Acupuncture For Pain from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
Acupuncture: An Introduction from NCCAM
The Art of Acupuncture April/May 2017 Sand and Pine Magazine
Acupuncturists Spill: The 12 Health Tips They Wish Everyone Would Remember by Sara Calabro on AcuTake
Osteoporosis by Dr. Christiane Northrup, M.D.
Research
Acupuncture: Review and Analysis of Controlled Clinical Trials In 2003, the World Health Organization (WHO) listed specific conditions found effective thru data from controlled trials. This list NOT all inclusive as the body of evidence continues to grow!
Acupuncture for back and neck pain, osteoarthritis, chronic headache and shoulder pain This robust research includes individual analysis of results from 29 randomized control trials and is the resource pointed to in the pain relief article below
Acupuncture Provides True Pain Relief in Study This rigorous study was funded by National Institutes of Health and published in the Archives of Internal Medicine
Effects of Acupressure on Labor This randomized clinical trial concluded acupressure decreased labor pain and shortened delivery times
Acupuncture as good as counseling: study by Andrew M. Seaman on Reuters.com September 24, 2013