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Acupuncture [b] is a form of alternative medicine [2] and a component of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in which thin needles are inserted into the body. [3] Acupuncture is a pseudoscience; [4] [5] the theories and practices of TCM are not based on scientific knowledge, [6] and it has been characterized as quackery. [c]
The Zhenjiu dacheng was compiled by Ming dynasty physician Yang Jizhou (杨继洲; 1522–1620), whose grandfather was an imperial physician. [10] Yang originally intended to only write about the medical traditions in his family that had been collected in a manuscript titled Weisheng zhenjiu xuanji miyao (衛生針灸玄機秘要), or Mysterious and Secret Essentials of Acupuncture and ...
The US FDA classifies single-use acupuncture needles as Class II medical devices, under CFR 21. [219] Acupuncture is often accompanied by moxibustion – the Chinese characters for acupuncture (针灸; 針灸; zhēnjiǔ) literally meaning "acupuncture-moxibustion" – which involves burning mugwort on or near the skin at an acupuncture point. [220]
Acupuncture, a potentially effective treatment for heart rhythm disorders, pain, and nausea, is now being studied for use after cardiac surgery.
He first developed an interest in acupuncture in 1923, after suffering from severe lower back pain which was relieved by his father's acupuncture. [3] He attended the Tokyo College of Acupuncture in Japan, [3] before establishing the first school of acupuncture in modern China.
Fu's Subcutaneous Needle (FSN), invented by Dr. Zhonghua Fu in 1996, is a method for the treatment of myofascial pain and trigger points related to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and invented by Dr. D. Simons and Dr. Janet G. Travell.
PMS refers to a group of mental and physical symptoms that occur before the period. It's very common: an estimated 20-30% of women meet the criteria for PMS, says Riddle, and about 90% have ...
Direct scarring moxibustion places a small cone of moxa on the skin at an acupuncture point and burns it until the skin blisters, which then scars after it heals. [10] Direct non-scarring moxibustion removes the burning moxa before the skin burns enough to scar, unless the burning moxa is left on the skin too long. [10]