Acupuncturist Approval by Acupuncture Medical Board

Most patients and doctors do not realise that acupuncture is both modern medicine and ancient.  Regulated by the CA Medical Board in California and Medical Boards throughout the USA, acupuncture is a profession that requires extensive education and training.  Some treat acupuncture as experimental.  Well, the experiment is over 5,000 and seems to be going well.  Despite NIH studies supporting the efficacy of acupuncture and medical bodies througout the world (including major universities), acupuncture is relegated to a lesser value in status.

The US Burea of Labor and Statistics cites acupuncture as a procedure but has not recognise it as a profession.  Interestingly, AcuMoxa is a better interpretation of the Chinese term for acupuncture.  Rather, Chinese Medicine more accurately describes the application of this holistic medicine.  Also, Korean, Japanese, and other traditional approaches to herbs, dietetics, acupuncture, Tai Qi, etc... meet this description.  Yet, a patient can buy insurance and not have the right to choose their own MD much less an acupuncturst in many situations.  In cases, for example, of arthrtis, migraines, and insomnia this presents a problem in that acupuncture and herbs may be superior treatment modalities to allopathic medicine and drugs.