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This section contains three very comprehensive articles about the practice of Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Acupuncture Quotes
© Acupuncture Bristol 2004-2006
“I think that if we had more acupuncture and less AZT [an AIDS medication], we would see a qualitative improvement in these patients’ health.”
William Michael Cargile, B.S., D.C., F.I.A.C.A.
“Even in acute abdominal problems, acupuncture can be used before surgery to arrest the condition before it progresses further.”
Maoshing Ni, D.O.M., Ph.D., L.Ac.
Co-Founder of Yo San University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Los Angeles, California
“There is evidence that acupuncture influences the production of and distribution of a great many neurotransmitters and neuromodulators, and that this in turn alters the perception of pain.”
David Eisenberg, M.D.
Clinical Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School
“Acupuncture also claims good success rates with cigarette addiction, where a newly discovered acupoint called Tien Mi is used in conjunction with other traditional acupoints particularly those located on the ear.”
Maoshing Ni, D.O.M., Ph.D., L.Ac.
Co-Founder of Yo San University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Los Angeles, California
“Every drug of choice has a receptor site mechanism that is very specific. What we do is meet the needs of that receptor site by supplying and directing the endorphins or enkaphilins through acupuncture.”
Sir Jay Holder, M.D., D.C., Ph.D.
Director of the Holder Research Institute in Miami, Florida
“Acupuncture is equivalent to the effect of tranquilisers in cases of depression, worry, insomnia, and nervous disorders, and its action is swift and lasting.”
Professor Pierre Huard of the Medical Faculty of Paris, France
and Dr. Ming Wong of the Medical Faculty of Rennes
“Not only is acupuncture effective as a primary modality, it also can play a vital role as an adjunctive therapy due to how effective the meridian system is as a means of proper diagnosis.”
William Michael Cargile, B.S., D.C., F.I.A.C.A.
Chairman of Research for the American Association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
“In short, it [acupuncture] provides maximum benefits without the dangerous side effects associated with many of the approaches of conventional medicine.”
William Michael Cargile, B.S., D.C., F.I.A.C.A.
Chairman of Research for the American Association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
“Because the meridians influence every cell in the body and pass through every organ and organ system, acupuncture provides health practitioners with an accurate and non-invasive means of determining health deficiencies, as well as a method of re-establishing balance.”
William Michael Cargile, B.S., D.C., F.I.A.C.A.
Chairman of Research for the American Association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
“While acupuncture represents a legacy of concepts that predate Western civilization, as a contemporary health care system it also represents a synthesis of continuously evolving scientific and technological develpments, which provides us with new tools to meet current clinical challenges.”
Dennis Tucker, Ph.D., L.Ac.
Nevada City, California
“The future of acupuncture will to some degree depend upon our ability to reconcile the old and new within a new science of energy medicine. This can only be accomplished if we honor both our traditional roots and the challenge of building on the foundation provided by scientific research.”
Dennis Tucker, Ph.D., L.Ac.
Nevada City, California
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