Is acupuncture effective? Does the medical community think acupuncture is valid?
There is a long history (over 2,000 years) of the use of acupuncture and acupuncture-like treatments to stop pain or otherwise enhance health in indigenous cultures all over the world. Sectors of the Western medical community have begun to acknowledge the validity of acupuncture, largely as a result of research proving its benefits for certain tested conditions.
