Archive for February, 2010

Other Adverse Reactions of Acupuncture

| February 8, 2010 | 0 Comments
Other Adverse Reactions of Acupuncture

A range of other adverse events has been documented which are perhaps less serious than those documented here. These include bleeding on withdrawal of the needle (Chung, 1980),

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Contraindications of Acupuncture

| February 8, 2010 | 0 Comments
Contraindications of Acupuncture

Acupuncture is contraindicated in a number of situations which practitioners should be well aware of, and include: when patients are taking anticoagulant medication

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Traditional Chinese Medicine

| February 3, 2010 | 3 Comments
Traditional Chinese Medicine

Complementary medicine and 'natural therapies' have their origins in the civilisations of Babylon, Egypt and China, of about 3,000 years ago. The Chinese developed a system of medicine based on an extraordinarily detailed knowledge of herbal remedies,

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