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  2. Acupuncture - Wikipedia

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    Acupuncture [b] is a form of alternative medicine [2] and a component of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in which thin needles are inserted into the body. [3] Acupuncture is a pseudoscience; [4] [5] the theories and practices of TCM are not based on scientific knowledge, [6] and it has been characterized as quackery. [c]

  3. J. R. Worsley - Wikipedia

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    J. R. Worsley (14 September 1923 – 2 June 2003) was a British acupuncturist who is credited with European five element acupuncture also known as 'classical acupuncture'. '. The origins of Chinese Wuxing medicines have a Taoist, Chinese folk religious background distinguish it from the more widely known Confucian style of modernised traditional Chinese medi

  4. American Association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine

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    The American Association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (AAAOM), founded in 1981 and incorporated in 1983 as a 501(c)(6) organization, is the largest association of acupuncturists and acupuncture students in the United States.

  5. History of alternative medicine - Wikipedia

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    The widespread emigration from Europe to North America in the 18th and 19th centuries included both the knowledge of herbalism and some of the plants themselves. This was combined with Native American medicine and then re-imported to the UK where it re-integrated with the surviving herbal traditions to evolve as today's medical herbalism movement.

  6. History of medicine in the United States - Wikipedia

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    An American health dilemma: A medical history of African Americans and the problem of race: Beginnings to 1900 (Routledge, 2012). Deutsch, Albert. The mentally ill in America-A History of their care and treatment from colonial times (1937). Duffy, John. From Humors to Medical Science: A History of American Medicine (2nd ed. 1993) Duffy, John.

  7. Why Acupuncture Is Going Mainstream in Medicine - AOL

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    Here's what research says about the complementary therapy

  8. Felix Mann - Wikipedia

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    Felix Mann (10 April 1931 – 2 October 2014) was a German-born acupuncturist. [1] He devised the system known as Scientific Acupuncture and was the founder and past president of the Medical Acupuncture Society (1959–1980).

  9. History of qigong - Wikipedia

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    The American public's first exposure to qigong was in the PBS series Healing and the Mind with Bill Moyers in 1993. [39] In the documentary, Moyers provided an in-depth look at alternatives to Western medicine and introduced the audience to traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture, and qigong.