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acupuncture
noun
The insertion of needles into living tissue, especially for remedial purposes.
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"acupuncture" is a correct and usable word in written English.
You can use it to refer to a traditional Chinese medical technique involving the stimulation of certain points on the body by the insertion of thin needles. For example, "My doctor recommended acupuncture to help ease my chronic back pain."
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Most worrying was the allegation that the BBC had paid for a scientific experiment to investigate acupuncture as a "TV stunt" and had "sensationalised" the results.
A sequence which featured acupuncture being used instead of general anaesthetic during open heart surgery in China was alleged to be misleading by "underplaying" the use of drugs which were also administered.
I don't know of good evidence that acupuncture or alternative methods work, so I stick to the time-honoured antihistamine tablet taken every morning from mid-April to mid-August, regardless of the pollen count forecast.
Is acupuncture worth a try, or anything else?
Backache sufferers will receive spinal manipulation or acupuncture on the NHS as a result of official guidance being issued this week on how to treat the debilitating condition.
Presumably fracking does not count as acupuncture.
ONE afternoon last spring, eight women found themselves at a resort in Texas stretched out on the floor on mats, each with a series of acupuncture needles protruding from their bodies.
That could reverse, with massage, acupuncture and so on becoming the first-choice method.
People are flocking to health clinics and spas; alternative medicine such as acupuncture is gaining in popularity.As families restrict their number of offspring, partly for economic reasons, children are also being pampered.
Non-traditional medicine like osteopathy and acupuncture is charged for.Charging has one big advantage over insurance.
In line with the "social acupuncture" approach it will offer haircuts and dentistry as well as security.
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