Acupuncture. (Wonder Cures from the Fringe) (Cover Story)

From: U.S. News & World Report | Date: September 23, 1991| Author: | Copyright information

Western scientists do not understand how acupuncture works. One possible explanation is that it signals the brain to release chemicals. . Practitioner licensing requirements are also discussed.

American doctors have tolerated acupuncture practitioners in their midst since the 1930s, mostly with suspicion. But recent developments have opened more than a few eyes - and minds. Studies in The Lancet, Pain, Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research and other journals have reported that this 3,000-year-old Chinese treatment, in which hair-thin needles are inserted into the skin at ...

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