Statistics say:

Hi everyone, how are you doing? I´ve been pretty with tons of homework, but still I manage to give a break and dance and have fun; you too should give each other a time to relax and have peace, so we can continue with the quite harsh week of exams. Well today I am going to write about what the statistics say about acupuncture, what the people have responded to different surveys and with different purposes.

Many times we believe everything the people say, we just hear what my cousin or my neighbor told me and we go an experiment, instead of searching and make sure that what had been told is true and has a consistent background.

The founder of the Pulse of Oriental Medicine, Brian B. Carter, has investigate and found out as follows: “According to a small National Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM) survey (1), an estimated 10% of Americans have tried acupuncture, and of those who haven't, two-thirds would consider it. If true, this would mean about 30 million Americans have tried acupuncture, which is amazing, considering it's only been in the U.S. for 30 years, and there are only about 15,000 acupuncturists, many of whom have only been licensed in the last 10 years” (Carter). This statistics show a big number of Americans that believe in the Chinese culture and traditions, and demonstrates that little by little we are having a more intercontinental friendship.

“In 2001, Members for the British Acupuncture Council surveyed 132 acupuncture patients, and found that:

·   Their physical symptoms were relieves 75% of the time.

·   Their emotional and mental symptoms 67% of the time.}
·   In addition, 54% felt “inner life changes”

·    27% experienced “major life changes”
·   42% of the patients changed their reason for coming at some point during the course of their treatment” (Carter).

All this statistics show how the alternative medicine has been taking place all around the world, and how it has been getting more effective each time. We should start been part of this people that has chosen the alternative medicine, instead of the pills and injections, that maybe they cure but they also damage another organ.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
 Thank you, Ilse Galván

Bibliography

Carter, Brian Benjamin. Acupuncture Stadistics. 15 de June de 2004. 31 de August de 2011 <http://www.pulsemed.org/acupuncture-statistics.htm>.