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For long acupuncture was dismissed by the west as a form of superstition like witchcraft and magic cure,administration for the westren system of medicine was so great that the native systems of treatment were neglected or mistrusted .Moreover,the theoretical basis for acupunture that was propounded in china was amixture of spirituality,philosaphy and physiology.This stood in the way if its acceptence by chinese scientists.
During the 1960's accupuncture cane to the notice of western scientists,who viewed it with scepticism as well as curiosity.Doctors from Europe went to China to make a first-hand study of this strange form of treatment .what they saw convinced them that acupuncture worked.Not only were diseases cured,but even operations were performed after admininistering anaesthesia by accupuncature seriously and some of them trained themselves and set up practice in their countries.In china itself thestatus of accupuncture rose when chairman Mao officially ranked accupuncturists with other physicians.