Renowned Medicine

• Acupuncture has been practiced for more than 3000 years and is still being recognized by almost a quarter of the world’s population as a complete medicine.
• The World Health Organisation acknowledges acupuncture as being efficient in the treatment of up to 43 illnesses (of which a list was made in 1979).  http://apps.who.int/medicinedocs/pdf/s4926e/s4926e.pdf

• Since 1997, the National Institute of Health of the United States has been financing research concerning the efficiency of acupuncture as a medicine:

http://consensus.nih.gov/1997/1997Acupuncture107PDF.pdf

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/acupuncture.html

• A growing number of doctors recommend acupuncture to their patients for cases related to the CSST and the SAAQ
• In some countries, like France, only doctors have the right to practise acupuncture.

The majority of insurance companies issue refunds for a great part of the costs. After a work accident or a car accident of which the medical prescription for acupuncture is accepted by the C.S.S.T. and the S.A.A.Q., the cost of the treatment can be covered.