How might the effects of acupuncture be explained from a Western medical perspective?
Western medicine recognizes the positive effects of acupuncture but uses a different biomedical terminology to describe how it works. Numerous scientific studies and controlled clinical trials have been, and continue to be done on acupuncture, with each one adding more information about this safe and effective treatment method. The subtle vascular, hormonal, and neurological changes that happen in the body during an acupuncture treatment can now be measured and many of these effects can be explained from a western medical perspective as well.
