Acupressure and Acupuncture WWW Pages

Acupressure is a gentle form of Traditional Chinese Medicine, based on the same principles as acupuncture, which has been applied to health matters for centuries in the East. These techniques are becoming better understood in the West, where they have achieved a growing following, have been adopted by numerous practioners and lay healers, and have been shown through scientific studies to yield beneficial results.

The following selections from the WWW point to some key sources of information about these practices.

• Home page of acupressure.org
  • Clinical evidence of effectiveness
  • Treatment techniques
  • Guide
  • Bookstore
  • High Touch
• Home page of acupuncture.com
  • Book Farm
  • Research
  • Overview of dissertation on pulse diagnosis
  • Electronic Acupuncture
    • Technical information
    • Research background (good overview of mechanisms of acupressure)