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Acupuncture Loughborough

Acupuncture and Herbs Alternative Medicine

3 Biggin Street, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 1UA

Phone: 01509 215793

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Further Information on Acupuncturists

Acupuncture is an alternative therapy that involves the technique of inserting and manipulating fine filiform needles into specific points on the body to relieve pain or for therapeutic purposes. The word acupuncture comes from the Latin acus, "needle", and pungere, "to prick.

According to time-honored Chinese medical theory, acupuncture points are situated on meridians along which qi, the vital energy, flows. There is no known anatomical or histological basis for the existence of acupuncture points, meridians or qi. Contemporary acupuncture texts present them as ideas that are useful in clinical practice.

According to the NIH consensus statement on acupuncture, these traditional Chinese medical concepts "are difficult to reconcile with contemporary biomedical information but continue to play an important role in the assessment of patients and the formulation of treatment in acupuncture."

The earliest written record that is available about acupuncture is Huangdi Neijing which suggests acupuncture originated in China and would clarify why it is most frequently associated with traditional Chinese medicine (TCM Acupuncture has been the subject of vigorous scientific research since the late 20th century but it still remains controversial among Western medical researchers and clinicians. Due to the invasive characteristic of acupuncture treatments, it is complicated to create studies that use proper scientific controls. Many scholarly reviews have concluded that the effectiveness of acupuncture as a treatment can be explained primarily because of the placebo effect, while other studies have suggested some efficacy in the treatment of specific conditions (mainly but not limited to pain relief) .The World Health Organization (WHO) made available a review of controlled trials using acupuncture and concluded it was effective for the treatment of 28 conditions and there was enough verification to suggest it may be effective for numerous more. Additionally, the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the American Medical Association (AMA) and various government studies have commented on the efficacy (or lack thereof) of acupuncture. There is broad agreement that acupuncture is safe when administered by well-trained practitioners using sterile needles, and that further research is appropriate.