Acupuncture, the practice of inserting thin needles into the skin to stimulate vital points of the body, has been employed in traditional Chinese medicine for thousands of years to heal a variety of ...

Clinical trials over the past several decades have suggested acupuncture may be a beneficial treatment for such conditions as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and constipation. Author of the ...

While acupuncture is used widely to treat chronic stress, the mechanism of action leading to reported health benefits are not understood. In a series of studies, researchers are demonstrating how ...

Traditional Chinese medicine predates most Western medical techniques. While some treatments yield little more than a placebo effect, others confer benefits. Here are a handful of Chinese medicine ...

The art of sticking and manipulating fine needles in specific body parts to relieve pain and fix other ailments has been around for thousands of years. More recently, acupuncture has spread out of ...

Every Tuesday, the Washington Post has a special section devoted to health and science. It’s usually my favorite section, with features such as “medical mysteries” and highlights of the latest news ...

Although acupuncture is commonly used for pain control, doubts about its effectiveness and safety remain. Researchers in the UK and Korea critically evaluated systematic reviews of acupuncture as a ...

Acupuncture is one such ancient form of healing therapy that was introduced by the Chinese thousands of years earlier. In the modern world, many individuals use it as a natural cure for most health ...

Sticking needles in someone’s body is not a placebo therapy, or at least not an effective one, argue two letters in today’s issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. From personal experience I’d argue ...

Acupuncture, the traditional Chinese treatment of placing of needles on the body, is said cure people of many ailments and diseases. But does it work? The mechanism by which acupuncture is said to ...