What techniques are now named in the law?
New techniques are: • Dietary advice and health education based on East Asian medical theory. This includes the recommendation and sale of herbs, vitamins, minerals, and dietary and nutritional supplements; • Breathing, relaxation and East Asian exercise techniques; • Qi gong; • East Asian massage and Tui na. Tui na is a method of East Asian bodywork characterized by the kneading, pressing, rolling, shaking, and stretching of the body and does not include spinal manipulation; and • Superficial heat and cold therapies. In addition, acupuncture now includes the use of acupuncture needles or lancets to directly or indirectly stimulate acupuncture points and meridians.
