Why acupuncture attracts growing numbers of people for its pain relief and other effects
Acupuncture is a popular TCM treatment. Two young practitioners describe the ways they use it and the benefits it provides
This series is based on our reporting on TCM: its history, treatments and growing acceptance around the world. This is the fifth instalment.
A slip of the foot before the start of the 2016 Standard Chartered marathon brought me to a traditional Chinese medical practitioner’s clinic days later.
About 7km (4.3 miles) into the 42km race, I realised that I had pulled a muscle in my buttocks. When the pain began to flare, so did my resolve to finish. When I got home, clenching my finisher’s medal, I could barely walk.
I had agreed to see Dr Ting Hiu Tung for relief from the deep aching pain – but could hardly believe that I was lying face down in the doctor’s clinic in North Point, on Hong Kong Island, with a handful of needles planted in my backside.