In China nobody really needs scientific proof that acupuncture works, it’s such a widely used healthcare solution being practiced for thousands of years that people know it works. However to western people it’s a much newer health treatment and patients want proof that it really will work for them.

Acupuncture is now one of the only alternative therapies that has actually been medically proven to work. The following is a list of press articles about discuss the evidence:

• It’s official: acupuncture really works : The Guardian
• Acupuncture ‘cuts arthritis pain’ : Times Online
• Sticking needles in a bad back ‘eases pain better than drugs’ : Times Online
• Acupuncture ‘more than a placebo’ : BBC News
• Acupuncture may help increase IVF success rates by 65% : The Guardian
• Acupuncture beats headaches : The Guardian