Inclusion Criteria:

- Women age 18 or older willing to sign consent.

- Lymphedema in an arm as a result of surgery, chemotherapy, and/or radiation therapy
for breast cancer per Breast surgeon or medical oncologist.

- Patients must have received a clinical diagnosis of lymphedema for at least 6 months
and no more than 5 years after diagnosis of chronic lymphedema.

- The affected arm must be >2cm larger than the unaffected arm; this is the standard
diagnosis and the one used in the MSKCC studies cited above. The standard measurement
techniques will be applied 20.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Previous acupuncture treatment for lymphedema

- Diuretic use

- History of primary (congenital) lymphedema

- Metastatic cancer

- History of autoimmune disorder (including lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic
sclerosis)

- History of other fibroproliferative disorder including cirrhosis, pulmonary fibrosis,
kidney fibrosis, systemic sclerosis/scleroderma

- Current treatment with corticosteroids

- Treatment with myelosuppressive or stimulatory drugs within 6 months of enrollment

- History of bone marrow transplantation