Early history of laser acupuncture: who used it first?

Laser acupuncture: keep it scientific.

Laser acupuncture is a rapidly developing discipline with a growing research basis. This wedding between laser and acupuncture, as in most marriages, is ‘‘for better or worse;’’usually with some of both. Like laser therapy, acupuncture can be approached scientifically; that is, one can describe its mechanisms of action with contemporary biomedical terminology. Abundant evidence exists regarding...

Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it.

A brief history of acupuncture.

Acupuncture is generally held to have originated in China, being first mentioned in documents dating from a few hundred years leading up to the Common Era. Sharpened stones and bones that date from about 6000 BCE have been interpreted as instruments for acupuncture treatment [1, 2], but they may simply have been used as surgical instruments for drawing blood or lancing abscesses [3]. Documents ...

Auricular Acupuncture with Laser

Auricular acupuncture is a method which has been successfully used in various fields of medicine especially in the treatment of pain relief. The introduction of lasers especially low-level lasers into medicine brought besides the already existing stimulation with needles and electricity an additional technique to auricular acupuncture. This literature research looks at the historical background...

WHO Standard Acupuncture Point Locations

'WHO Standard Acupuncture Point Locations in the Western Pacific Region (WHO Standard) was released in 2008. Initially, there were 92/361 controversial acupuncture points (acupoints). Through seven informal consultations and four task force team meetings, 86 points were agreed upon among the 92 controversial acupoints, leaving 6 remaining controversial acupoints, demanding active research in th...