Acupuncture

23 Aug: Air Force to Use ‘Battlefield Acupuncture’ for Pain Relief

By Noah Shachtman via www.wired.com The military medical community has been using all sorts of alternative therapies — yoga, meditation, even animal-petting — to ease the strains of post-traumatic stress disorder FOR returning troops. One of the non-traditional treatments will be used in a war zone for the first time. “The Air Force will begin teaching ‘battlefield acupuncture‘ early next…