Acupuncture Revisited.

The article reports on the conclusion of Patrick D. Wall of the University College in London, that doctors in China are using acupuncture less frequently. It notes that while acupuncture had already reach its popularity up to North America and Europe, the technique is starting not be included in Chinese surgical procedures and in conjunction with anesthetics and analgesics. Wall reveals that the use of acupuncture as an anesthetic during surgery is rare and the number of cases is decreasing. He adds that most active hospitals using acupuncture, the technique was used in 845 cases in 1970 and in only 324 cases in 1973. Wall ends that acupuncture does not work very well on many people, but infers that while it is effective for some, further scientific study must be enforced.