Acupuncture works in the Orient but can it work here? For years the fringe medics have said 'yes': the establishment 'no.' But attitudes are changing.

Extraordinary film from China shows how acupuncture is used there as an anaesthetic for major surgery and as a cure for illness. Equally extraordinary is the film of some of the very first attempts in Britain to evaluate acupuncture scientifically.
If acupuncture is all that it seems to be, is it time we took it seriously?