• Overview
  • Forms of Treatment
  • Prevalence and Use in the U.S.
  • Costs and Coverage
  • Licensure and Credentials
  • Transmission of Chinese Medical Thought
  • East Asian Medical Theory and Diagnosis
• Interventions
  • Acupuncture
  • Chinese Herbal Medicine
  • Meditative Exercises
• Conditions
  • Acupuncture and Smoking Cessation
  • Acupuncture in the Treatment of Hypertension
  • Tai Chi and Cardiovascular Health

Interventions

This section discusses three fields of East Asian Medicine as interventions. A theme that recurs is the challenges of scientifically evaluating the effectiveness of East Asian Medicine when applied as an intervention to treat a particular condition. The material in the Conditions section studies particular forms of East Asian Medicine when used to treat several of the conditions that we have studied.

• Acupuncture

• Chinese Herbal Medicine

• Meditative Exercises