Acupuncture, the insertion of thin needles into specific points of the body in order to relieve pain or treat illness, is an ancient Chinese art first developed more than 4,000 years ago. Acupuncture was used to help restore a healthy balance of...

While acupuncture has been a successful Chinese medical treatment for over 5,000 years, it was not well known to the general U.S. public until the early 1970s, when President Nixon reopened relationships with China. Acupuncture was first met with...

Acupuncture and acupressure are based on ancient Japanese and Chinese medicine. In acupuncture, special needles are inserted into points just under the skin to promote pain relief and healing. In acupressure, pressure is placed on similar points for...

Acupuncture is an ancient treatment technique still routinely used in traditional Chinese medicine and also in Western medicine. The Huangdi Nei Jing (Canon of Medicine), compiled between 475 BCE and 23 CE, is the earliest extant medical book in which...

Acupuncture (from Lat. acus, "needle" (noun), and pungere, "prick" (verb)) or in Standard Mandarin, zhēn jiǔ (lit: needle - moxibustion) is a technique of inserting and manipulating filiform needles into "acupuncture points" on the body with the aim...

Fake acupuncture works nearly as well as the real thing for low back pain, and either kind performs much better than usual care, German researchers have found. Almost half the patients treated with acupuncture needles felt relief that lasted months. In contrast, only about a...

Andy has sprouted white whiskers, suffers from lower back pain and no longer bounds up the stairs like he used to. Still, the 11-year-old Siberian husky isn't lying idle: every week he meets his personal trainer for a run on an underwater treadmill, does laps...

   Acupuncture is a medical alternative of treatment widely practiced in the US. Although there have been many studies of its potential usefulness, many of these studies provide ambiguous results because of design, sample size, and other factors. The issue is further complicated by inherent...

When Ann Dey's dog had a stroke in July, one side of his face became paralyzed so severely he couldn't blink. She knew she needed to do something before the 13-year-old pug, Jimmy, lost his eye to infection."I was open to anything that would help,"...

Explores the history of acupuncture. Details its use in ancient China. Describes the method and examines its effectiveness as a medical procedure.