SUMMARY OF BETH ILLES'S "THE TRUTH ABOUT ACUPUNTURE" In " The Truth about Acupunture", Beth Illes describes a new interest in a Chinese healing, acupuncture which is "therapy by means of stimulation with a needle." It is utilized for pain relief as well as an anesthetic. The author describes how acupuncture is used under the eyes of two American doctors and three theories of why it works. Travelling in China in February of 1972, Dr. Walter R. …showed first 75 words of 351 total…

…showed last 75 words of 351 total…theory explains how acupunture kills pain. By touching certain fibers, acupuncture needles block the "gate" in the spinal cord through which the pain impulses procced to the brain. The pain signals, therefore, do not reach to the celebrum. In brief, the success of acupuncture is real, yet why it work is still a riddle. All three theories explain incompletely or in unscientific terms. The mistery's response may be in the future or at no time.