Missing the Point on Acupuncture Regulation?

Regulation of acupuncture in the UK is voluntary, but would governing a fundamentally different paradigm using a Western approach work?
Missing the Point on Acupuncture Regulation?
Acupuncturist Anne Lo (L) demonstrates a procedure on patient Lenka Romanova while Prince Charles (R) looks on at The NHS Gateway Clinic, an acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine centre in London 11 December 2003. MichaeI Dunlea/AFP/Getty Images
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There was a resurgence of acupuncture in China in the 20th Century which led to expansion in the USA and UK.The first European text on acupuncture was written by a Dutch physician W. ten Rhijne who studied the practice for two years in Japan in the 1670s. This picture is from Integrative Medicine symposium at the University Of Miami Miller School Of Medicine on April 23, 2010 in Miami, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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