Managing Pain The Traditional Way

Acupuncture has been practised for centuries in China for its ability to modulate and manage pain. According to Prof Zhou Jia, Director of Acupuncture Anaesthesia Research Institute in Shanghai, China, there are two types of acupuncture anaesthesia. In Malaysia, acupuncture anaesthesia had been administered in a thyroid surgery at Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun, Ipoh. Find out more about this and IMU’s Chinese Medicine programme at Managing Pain The Traditional Way (New Straits Times, 29 November 2017).