Exploring Acupuncture: Ancient Ideas, Modern Techniques

Cancer Patients' Experience of Combined Treatment With Conventional and Traditional Chinese Medicine

“…3 Traditional Chinese medicine has a well-established framework and unique methodology (acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine) developed thousands of years ago by the Chinese people to prevent and treat disease. 5Y10 Traditional Chinese medicine, which is based on the Chinese concepts of yin-yang and the 5 elements of wood, fire, earth, metal, and water, 11,12 uses herbal medicine in both oral and infusion forms or acupuncture to rebalance the body's internal energy, or qi. 7,8 Traditional Chinese medicine includes not only Chinese herbal medicine and acupuncture, but also other modalities, such as Chinese therapeutic massage (tuina) and moxibustion.…”

3D-MRI rendering of the anatomical structures related to acupuncture points of the Dai mai, Yin qiao mai and Yang qiao mai meridians within the context of the WOMED concept of lateral tension: implications for musculoskeletal disease

“…In a short historical analysis of acupuncture Fee et al [24] have stated that: "The traditional Chinese system of meridians does not correspond with any anatomical structures recognized by Western medicine". This statement is valid since until 2002, when Fee et al published their article [24], no attempts had been undertaken to analyze in-vivo acupuncture meridians.…”

“…This statement is valid since until 2002, when Fee et al published their article [24], no attempts had been undertaken to analyze in-vivo acupuncture meridians. We are aware of 4 studies that relied on anatomical slices to address this question [11-14], however no high resolution imaging methods were used in-vivo.…”