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Questions & Answers about
ACUPUNCTURE, CHINESE MEDICINE AND APPLICATIONS
Bruce Xu, L.Ac., Dipl., M.S.
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Articles
Efficacy and Safety of Acupuncture
(Ref. NIH Consensus Conference. JAMA, 1998 Vol. 280. No. 17.)
NIH (National Institute of Health) Consensus Development Panel on Acupuncture
“… promising results have emerged for example, showing efficacy of acupuncture in adult postoperative and chemotherapy nausea and vomiting and in postoperative dental pain. There are other situations, such as addiction, stroke rehabilitation, headache, menstrual cramps, tennis elbow, fibromyalgia, myofascial pain, osteoarthritis, low back pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, and asthma, in which acupuncture may be useful as an adjunct treatment or an acceptable alternative or be included in a comprehensive management program.”
“The incidence of adverse effects is substantially lower than that of many drugs or other accepted medical procedures used for the same conditions.”
Acupuncture in the Management of Myofascial Pain and Headache
(review article) (Ref. Current Pain and Headache Reports 2003, 7:395-401)
By Department of Physician Medicine and Rehabilitation,
Harvard Medical School
Reviewing of literature: between 1966 to 2003, over 100 studies,
near 3,000 patients.
Conclusions: Acupuncture should be considered as a potential complimentary or alternative therapy.
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