Acupuncture Rising: From Acupuncture Anesthesia to Assisted-IVF, Part 1
By Changzhen Gong, PhD
Acupuncture's cultural and historical roots go back to the emergence
of Chinese civilization. For more than 2,000 years, acupuncture needling
has been continuously practiced on the largest population in the world.
As a system of medical treatment, acupuncture's prevalence and
robustness are continuously demonstrated by strong public demand,
growing scientific evidence, and vast institutional support. Over the
last thirty-odd years, students, scholars, researchers and practitioners
of acupuncture and Chinese medicine in the United States have witnessed
a swift rise in popular acceptance of acupuncture therapy, hand-in-hand
with the profession's steady advancement.
Although the increasing momentum of acupuncture acceptance and
awareness in the West is based on a solid foundation of daily work and
practice by tens of thousands of practitioners around the world, the
acupuncture profession has also been shaped by a succession of
historical landmark events.
This article has been published in
Acupuncture Today.
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