Acupuncture cure list grows
NZPA-Reuter Peking Acupuncture, the ancient Chinese needle treatment, is now considered effective in curing encephalitis, schizophrenia, impotence, and malaria, according to the New China News Agency.
The agency said delegates to a conference in Wuhan had added these and other diseases to a list of more than 300 ailments which can be cured by acupuncture. The practice is used traditionally to ease back aches and as an anaesthetic.
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