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With a known, documented history of over two thousand years and likely to have been in use for much longer, acupuncture is one of the oldest healing systems in the world. Still practiced today and integrated with conventional medicine in the Orient, acupuncture is widely used and accepted in the Western world.
There is a great deal of information relating to the effectiveness of acupuncture available on the internet. You might look at sources from the World Health Organisation, the British Acupuncture Council and the Journal of Chinese Medicine, amongst many others.
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The Journal of Chinese Medicine, has an article archive: http://www.jcm.co.uk/research-archive/
The World Health Organisation has many articles including lists of what acupuncture can treat: Acupuncture: Review and Analysis of Reports on Controlled Clinical Trials http://apps.who.int/medicinedocs/en/d/Js4926e/4.html
The British Acupuncture Council www.acupuncture.org.uk, has links to various fact sheets and research articles with links below:
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Research review papers
These review papers are produced to provide accurate
and unbiased general information for a variety of conditions. They
provide summaries of research and how acupuncture may be beneficial. You
should always consult your GP if you have any concerns or talk to a
BAcC registered acupuncturist.