The founder of SEIDO acupuncture, Makoto Kurihara, recently released his first book, “Reason for having acupoint”. I attended the publication launch party the other day. The party was held as the discussion style with two other panelists, Dr. Masei Suda…

I attended “Management & Mirai summit” hosted by SEIDO association on August 19th.　”Mirai” means “future” in Japanese.　This summit really opended up the door for the future of acupuncture. Let me report about two important innovations introduced in the summit; “TSUBO…

Continuing from the previous articles; The Current Situation surrounding Acupuncture in Japan 1 The Current Situation surrounding Acupuncture in Japan 2   Q. I am also interested in how those six conditions (any kinds of neuralgia, cervicobrachial syndrome, frozen shoulder,…

Continuing from “The Current Situation surrounding Acupuncture in Japan 1.” Q. What is the best estimate of how acupuncture is being received within the public and mainstream institutions? A. Both positive and negative. As you can see in the result…

This is something I wrote several years ago upon a request. Unfortunately, it was never used. I post it here as it might be of somebody’s interest. Q. What is the legal requirement for practicing acupuncture in Japan? A. One…

There has been numerous researches done attempting to prove the efficacy of acupuncture. Many results do support the efficacy of acupuncture, yet clinical practice guidelines are still inconsistent in recommendations about acupuncture. The stronger evidence of the efficacy of acupuncture…

When you hear about athletes using acupuncture, you might imagine a big muscular man with tons of needles stuck on his body. Maybe needles are stuck around where the man injured or all of his body just like a NFL…