Acupuncture originated in China around 2,500 years ago. Traditional Chinese medicine is based on principles that are over two thousand years old. The National Institutes of Health 1997 consensus ...

More and more people are turning to acupuncture as a likely safe and possibly effective therapy for various health concerns, from insomnia to stress, menstrual cramps to low back pain. Acupuncture is ...

Hu Zijing applies pestle needle therapy on a patient experiencing headaches in Leribe, Lesotho, on July 25, 2025. Photos: Courtesy of Hu Zijing, a TCM doctor based in Johannesburg, South Africa A new ...

Acupuncture is among the most common therapies in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). The healing practice, which involves the insertion of thin needles into the skin, is primarily used to relieve ...

Tunisian doctors are having lessons about Traditional Chinese Medicine in the Chinese acupuncture center. (Xinhua/Liu Kai) TUNIS, May 5 (Xinhua) -- In a white and yellow two-story building in Tunis, ...

Real Chinese acupuncture was more effective than a sham version for treating sciatica stemming from herniated spinal disks in a randomized trial conducted in China. Patients' leg pain scores decreased ...

You hear the term “acupuncture,” and visions of needles may dance in your head. But the 3 million Americans (and counting) who have tried it know there’s a lot more to the treatment than pokes and ...

FERTILE CONNECTIONS Acupuncturists Autum Kirgan, left, and Britta Memmesheimer, right, recently launched a fertility program at South Slope Acupuncture & Wellness that focuses on community support.

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette that includes a therapeutic recommendation. A discussion of the clinical problem and the mechanism of benefit of this form of therapy follows. Major ...

ACCRA, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Overflowing with anxious Ghanaian patients always, the traditional Chinese acupuncture consulting room has become one of the busiest spaces in Ghana's LEKMA hospital, also ...