NY Times Article on Referred Pain

Hae Min on 17 September 2008 | 22619 Comments | Tags: Pain, Research, Acupuncture, Referred Pain

In the West, acupuncture  is famous for pain relief (which is only one of the many things it is extremely effective in treating). Often biomedical doctors (MD's) don't understand why it works but that it does, and will refer their patients to an acupuncturist. When it comes to pain, the medicines and treatments available through biomedicine often do not treat the root cause, only the current symptoms. Here is an interesting article explaining referred pain from a biomedical perspective and why acupuncture is effective in treating it.

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