Acupuncture / Does It Work ?
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An 8 page research paper exploring the efficacy of the Chinese use of acupuncture. It is only during the last two decades that Western culture has begun to accept this 5,000 year-old treatment procedure. The fact that the reasons acupuncture works in so many cases cannot be scientifically identified has created barriers to the use of this therapy in Western medicine. Numerous research studies reported in this paper clearly reveal that acupuncture is more effective than traditional Western medicine in a number of conditions. The writer offers evidence of the benefits of this ancient Chinese medical treatment process. Bibliography includd.
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Acupuncture--Its Time Has Come
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A 5 page essay that argues that acupuncture should be used more extensively and preferred over drug therapy. The traditional stance of Western culture and Western medicine is to regard ancient Chinese medicine, with its herbal remedies and needles, as superstition. However, contemporary medical practitioners are beginning to realize that this attitude is not only ethnocentric, it is simply wrong. Western pharmacologically based medicine can do wonderful things, but it can also cause extremely adverse drug reactions. On the other hand, there is a growing body of empirical research that verifies that alternative medicine, with techniques such as acupuncture, offer safe, effective means for bypassing the dangers entailed in extensive pharmacology. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Acupuncture: History and Contemporary Utilization
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A 15 page discussion of the medical technique of the stimulation of pressure points through acupuncture or acupressure. Traces the techniques back through history and prehistory observing that while the techniques themselves have varied little our understanding of why the work has improved tremendously. Defines the term pressure point, notes the importance of diagnostic techniques, and outlines the physiological responses which occur in response to manipulation of these pressure points. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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