MEDICAL GUIDELINE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ACUPUNCTURE
While acupuncture enjoys high-level clinical evidence for dozens of conditions, translating trial research into official medical guidelines can take time. However, a recent review examined clinical guideline recommendations from around the world made by a variety of groups including government health institutions, national guidelines, and medical specialty groups. Over a 27 year period, they found 2189 positive recommendations for acupuncture for 204 health problems, mainly in guidelines published in North America, Europe and Australasia.
These official recommendations indicate that acupuncture’s evidence is now acknowledged by medical experts and that acupuncture is no longer ‘alternative,’ but part of the system.
Indeed, this new data illustrates that acupuncture is one of the most widely recommended treatments in modern medicine.
