World Health Organization on Acupuncture:Abstract: A World Health Organization interregional seminar on acupuncture, moxabustion and acupuncture anesthesia was held in Beijing (Peking) in June 1979, attended by participants from twelve countries. Its purpose was to discuss ways in which priorities and standards could be determined in the acupuncture areas of clinical work, research, training, and technology transfer. Scientific investigation must be closely correlated with demonstrations of acupuncture's clinical efficacy. Apart from acupuncture analgesia used in major surgical procedures, acupuncture also has been applied as a diagnostic aid and in conjunction with fluoroscopy in gastrointestinal diseases. Acupuncture is clearly not a panacea for all ills but the sheer weight of evidence demands that acupuncture must be taken seriously as a clinical procedure of considerable value. During the past decade, there has been a growing convergence between
the most advanced research knowledge from physiology, biochemistry
and pharmacology, and knowledge obtained by research in the field
of acupuncture; that is to say, a convergence of modern international
science with traditional Chinese medicine. For example, in more than
600 cases of coronary heart disease, the effectiveness of acupuncture
in relieving the symptoms was over 80 percent. In 645 cases of acute
bacillary dysentery, 90 percent of the patients were cured within ten
days as judged by clinical symptoms and signs and the results of stool
culture. The technique is also comparatively effective in controlling
fever, inflammation and pain.
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