Acupuncture and moxibustion
Acupuncture is a combination of acupuncture and moxibustion. Chinese medicine using acupuncture or moxibustion acupuncture points to treat the disease, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization identified the representative of the intangible cultural heritage. According to the theory of Chinese medicine, by stimulating the acupuncture points can improve the flow of gas in the meridian. Modern science from the histology and physiology has not yet found the existence of gas, meridians or acupuncture points, and some contemporary acupuncture users are not based on the traditional theoretical system for practice. Because of the lack of sufficient modern medical experiments to confirm its efficacy, acupuncture is often seen in some countries as an alternative therapy. There are some scientific studies showing that acupuncture has the effect of relieving pain and postoperative nausea. Some people questioned the efficacy of acupuncture is extremely weak enough to establish a clinical relationship, that the results show that the results of acupuncture may be a placebo effect, incomplete double-blind experiment or published bias results. ...