WHAT IS TRADITIONAL CHINESE ACUPUNCTURE?
Over the years, many notions and opinions have been generated about acupuncture. Yet, there’s been very little effort by the press and television to penetrate the opinions and misconceptions and really find out what the Chinese have been saying about health and disease for over 5000 years. There are essentially four types of acupuncture. The most recently developed form is acupuncture anesthesia or analgesia. This was developed in China beginning about 1955 as an alternative to other forms of anesthesia. Major and minor surgeries have been successfully performed under acupuncture anesthesia. This is the most sensationally presented form of acupuncture and has widely been mistaken to be all these is to it. The second type is the simplest and most short-range form addressing itself to symptoms as well as health. It is called first-aid, local doctor, or barefoot doctor acupuncture. This type of acupuncture arose in the outlying areas of China where a “local” or “barefoot” doctor would pro
