Abstract
The aim of this editorial is to demonstrate publications on self-acupuncture from both the East (China) and the West and to bring new variants such as self-applied laser medicine into the focus of interest. Self-acupuncture with needles may of course only be carried out according to the applicable laws of the respective country and these are naturally very different. However, important evidence from the studies published so far has not yet been clearly proven. The answer to a question resulting from the editorial, how tradition and innovation in the field of self-acupuncture can be efficiently combined, will have to be proven by future studies.
Highlights
The mood at the start of the study and after six weeks was measured with the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and changes in coping behavior and acupuncture were measured using study diary entries
While the pilot study aimed to examine the general feasibility of such an intervention, the results of this limited sample suggest that the use of self-administered acupuncture can reduce the incidence of self-harming behavior and emotional stress as measured by the BDI [10]
The results of relevant studies showed that the improvement observed by the selfacupuncture group, for example in fatigue scores, was the same as that achieved by the trained acupuncturists in the acupuncture group [13]
Summary
Citation: Litscher, G. IntegrativeMedicine—Acupuncture on Yourself? Sci 2021, 3, 43. https://doi.org/10.3390/sci3040043Academic Editor: James David AdamsReceived: 5 November 2021Accepted: 9 November 2021Published: 15 November 2021Publisher’s Note: MDPI stays neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.Attribution (CC BY) license (https://
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