Advances in Herbal Medicine and Holistic Medical Practice

Acupuncture

Acupuncture is a healing practice in which thin needles are injected into the specific point of a human or animal body. Acupuncture is a pseudoscience, the practices and theories of TCM are not based on scientific knowledge, and it has been distinguish as quackery. There is a range of acupuncture variants which derived in different philosophies, and techniques vary depending on the country in which it is performed, but can be divided into two main foundational philosophical approaches and applications. The first being the modern systemize form called eight principal TCM and second an older system or better known as the five elements or phases in the West.