ESSENTIAL READING
Traditional Chinese medicines (TCM) have been widely used for thousands of years. Their preventative and therapeutic efficacies proved by countless people are much more convincible than results obtained from laboratory and animal experiments. No one should doubt about this.
Most of the research results on herbs performed by scientists over the world using modern chemical, biological, and pharmacological methods in the past decades all supported the functions of Chinese herbs. The mechanism of acupuncture is also gradually elucidated. More and more results coming out every year are providing scientific evidence for the treatment of Chinese herbs and acupuncture.
Our inability to fully explain the sophisticated mechanisms of acupuncture and herbal therapies currently is not because herbs are too old, it is because our knowledge about human body and diseases are still limited so far.
History of Acupuncture and Chinese herbs in America:
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Acupuncture Legislation in the United States: Minnesota as a Case Study
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A Brief History of Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine in America
Articles by Dr. Liu:
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Regulation and application of Chinese herbs in the US: misuse is the main cause of toxic incidents
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What Has Been Overlooked on Study of Chinese Materia Medica in the West?
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The Second Aristolochic Acid Case in Belgium - Why Were Chinese Herbs Blamed?
Stories: