One of the therapeutic methods that contribute in various ways to the recovery and rehabilitation of a large number of diseases and their symptoms is biomedical acupuncture and electroacupuncture. Acupuncture, as a complementary treatment, is combined with numerous therapeutic techniques—such as physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy—mechanical and physical means, and interventional techniques like intra-articular, intramuscular, and intravenous drug injections (e.g., analgesics, muscle relaxants, anti-inflammatory drugs), in order to meet the individualized therapeutic needs of each patient. The execution of an acupuncture protocol, depending on the patient’s condition, is based on the insertion of needles at specific points on the human body, which have local effects (e.g., Trigger Points, locally painful areas), regional effects (e.g., paravertebral points, dermatomes, myotomes, neurotomes, etc.), and central effects (e.g., microsystems, ancient meridian points). The advantages of acupuncture are not limited to the fact that it is a non-invasive, painless therapeutic method with minimal contraindications, but it also constitutes a therapeutic action for a wide range of conditions in systems such as: However, in order for a doctor to apply and devise an acupuncture treatment protocol, they must have the appropriate training. In Greece, there are currently several acupuncture schools under the supervision of the Hellenic Medical Acupuncture Society, which is a member of the International Council of Medical Acupuncture (ICMART). It is important to emphasize that the practice of acupuncture is strictly a medical procedure, as it requires medical knowledge such as anatomy, neurology, pharmacology, semiology, and other disease-specific knowledge. Biomedical acupuncture &
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Advantages of Biomedical Acupuncture
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