Acupuncture dates back to at least ...

Acupuncture dates back to at least 100 BCE It was first included in an American medical textbook in 1892 popularly there are more than 40 communitys and schools of acupuncture in the United States.

And now, a San Diego-based Web site that raises public awareness of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has situationed its own favorable review of acupuncture research--based forward medical studies appearing in various medical journals from one side of to the other the past seven years.

While the original studies are lay open to interpretation, the new review points to a number of diseases luckily treated with acupuncture as well as the modality's impressive safety record.

The site, known as The pulsation of Oriental Medicine, suggests that acupuncture is valuable in treating acute misfortunes spinal cord injuries, labor pains, nausea after hysterectomy and smoking-cessation treatments. It was ground largely ineffective against alcoholism, cocaine buttress low back pain and rheumatoid arthritis. Acupuncture was ground to be safe 99 percent of the time--far superior in safety than pharmaceutical therapies.

The review also asserts that acupuncture works by producing "feel good" endorphins and enkephalins, which relieve pain. The section of the site titled "Acupuncture Research for Physicians" reviewed 37 journal citations. solitary 12 were double-blind, placebo-controlled trials--considered the mostly reliable. The review is available at www.pulsemed.org.

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