Persistent pain affects approximately 20% of the adult population with 60-80% of people who visit Chinese medicine practitioners seeking pain relief. Curiosity regarding acupuncture’s effect on pain began when a film of acupuncture analgesia was shown in America around the time that Ronald Reagan visited China in 1971 (Birch, Hammerschlag, & berman, 1996). Interested in the research … Continue reading Acupuncture & the treatment of Pain