Acupuncture – Basic Research and Clinical Application

Abstract

Acupuncture has been used for medical treatment for thousands of years. Using needles, electro acupuncture, moxibustion, or laser stimulation in combination with modern analytical biomedical techniques, it is possible to quantify the changes in biological activities caused by acupuncture. The bridging between Eastern and Western medicine has been successfully achieved using modern biomedical engineering technologies; the next task is to make the arising possibilities and results beneficial to all patients.