Abstract
Acupuncture anesthesia has been under research since 1959 in China. This method of anesthesia originated from the idea that postoperative pain could be relieved with the use of acupuncture, and the pain experienced during the surgery could be relieved as well.
Initially, acupuncture anesthesia was administered stomatologically for the extra ction of teeth and also for cases of tonsillectomy.
Being encouraged with th ose successes, the Chinese doctors extended this technique to lung surgery which was undertaken, also with great success, in 1960. Acupuncture anesthesia has been performed in over 250 types of surgery to date. Up to the middle of 1971, more than 400, 000 patients had been operated on, under this anesthesia with 90 % success.
These Chinese reports instantly produced remarkable interest from anes thesiology all over the world. Of course there remain a few people who will not accept the truth about acupuncture.
