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Article: ACUPUNCTURE An ancient medicine is making its point

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May 22, 1995
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Sometime this summer, the United States government is expected to acknowledge what the Chinese have known for 5,000 years: Acupuncture can be good for what ails you.

For months now, the US Food and Drug Administration, not exactly known for rushing to embrace alternative medicine, has been reviewing a mountain of evidence, including more than 500 pages of research studies that show acupuncture can help with at least five problems: nausea, pain, asthma, addiction and stroke.The FDA's move -- technically, a reclassification of acupuncture needles from high- to ...

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