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With the growing acceptance of alternative medicine in Western cultures, acupuncture is quickly becoming a popular practice.
More and more people today are choosing acupuncture over western medicine to treat bodily pains, relieve stress, or to promote overall health.
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If you are thinking about trying acupuncture but are wondering if it is safe or if it’s the right treatment for you, the following information may aid you in making a more informed decision.
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Acupuncture is the practice of inserting fine needles into specific points in the body for therapeutic purposes.
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According to theory, these specific points called “acupuncture points” lie along pathways of the body along which one’s vital energy is said to flow.
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The needles are used to promote free-flow of energy in areas of the body that circulation may have stagnated. Although acupuncture is practiced in many Asian cultures such as Japan, Tibet, and Korea the practice is commonly known to have originated in China.
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One of the most debated issues between the East and the West is the use of acupuncture as a western means of medical treatment.
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Even though this form of medicine has been used as an effective method for over five thousand years in China, there is no concrete evidence from scientific research studies that have proven the healing properties of acupuncture.
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Skeptics shrug off the positive effects of acupuncture as merely placebo effects. Believers in acupuncture, however, say that the benefits have simply not yet been proven.
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Believers promote that the treatment is harmless and can be used as a complement to western medicine.
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Believers promote that the treatment is harmless and can be used as a complement to western medicine.
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