Acupuncture and the osteopathic family physician

Acupuncture has an ancient and interesting history and is also enjoying a recent surge in interest, investigations, developments, refinements, and research. Acupuncture is practiced around the world in a number of styles by a wide variety of health care practitioners for probably all known illnesses and injuries. Acupuncture is being rediscovered in America and flourishing with a momentum matched by the enthhusiasm of both practitioners and patients alike. Medical acupuncture is a holistic method of diagnosis and treatment by physicians. Acupuncture is both old and new. It has been found in various forms in various cultures for thousands of years, and new and exciting discoveries about its mechanisms of action and ability to treat most illnesses and injuries surface every day. Professional and popular books, journals and research papers in every language promote and explain this exciting phenomenon.