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What is acupuncture?

Acupuncture is the procedure of inserting and manipulating needles into various points on the body to relieve pain or for therapeutic purposes. The earliest written record of acupuncture is the Chinese text Shiji(English: Records of the Grand Historian) with an elaboration of its history in the second century BCE medical text Huangdi Nejing(English: Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon). Different variations of acupuncture are practiced and taught throughout the world.

Acupuncture has been the subject of active scientific research both in regard to its basis and therapeutic effectiveness since the late 20th century but it remains controversial among medical researchers and clinicians. Research on acupuncture points and meridians is preliminary and has not conclusively demonstrated their existence or properties. Clinical assessment of acupuncture treatment, due to its invasive and easily detected nature makes it difficult to use proper scientific controls for placebo effects. Two Cochrane reviews have found acupuncture to reduce the risk of postoperative nausea and provide better relief for chronic low back pain than no treatment or sham treatment. In 2007, Edzard Ernst reported that since 2000, the evidence base for acupuncture had improved, Favouring acupuncture, for seven conditions, while for six other conditions the evidence base had moved in the opposite direction. Three other review articles have been published on the effectiveness of acupuncture and concluded it could likely be explained mainly through the placebo effect.

The World Health Organization and the United States National Institutes of Health()NIH have stated that acupuncture can be effective in the treatment of neurological conditions and pain, though these statements have been criticized for bias and reliance on studies that used poor methodology. Reports from the National Center for the complementary and Alternative Medicine(NCCAM), the American Medical Association(AMA) and various government reports have studied and commented on the efficacy(or lack thereof) of acupuncture. There is general agreement that acupuncture is safe when administered by well-trained practitioners using sterile needles, and that further research is needed.