The effectiveness of Traditional Chinese Medicine has always been a point of fierce debate among Western medical practitioners, and no practice has proven more divisive than acupuncture. After graduating from medical school Dr. Richard Halvorsen, initially a sceptic, took a part time course in acupuncture out of curiosity. Subsequently, for the last 25 years, he has included acupuncture in the course of his practice as a GP as an alternative method of pain relief and to reduce the symptoms of various conditions.
