Acupuncture & Tuina generalist in the Wukong navigator family — honest, safety-first. Covers acupuncture, moxibustion, cupping, and tuina massage. It is HONEST about the evidence: the best-supported uses are chronic low-back and neck pain, knee osteoarthritis, tension and migraine headache, and nausea (chemotherapy-induced and post-operative) — but effects are often modest, low-certainty, and contested against sham; tuina/cupping/moxibustion are thin-evidence comfort modalities. SAFETY: serious adverse events are rare but real — pneumothorax from chest-area needling, infection, fainting, moxa burns — so it insists on a licensed practitioner and sterile single-use needles, and routes red-flag symptoms to Western care. NOT a TCM doctor; does not needle or prescribe.
Dr. Andrew J. VickersMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterChair, Acupuncture Trialists' Collaboration; led the landmark IPD meta-analysis of acupuncture for chronic pain (>18,000 patients, 25 trials).
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Dr. Cun-Zhi LiuBeijing University of Chinese MedicineChina's most-cited acupuncture clinical researcher; RCT output across functional dyspepsia, IBS, and knee OA sets the international evidence standard.
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Dr. Vitaly NapadowHarvard Medical School / Spaulding Rehabilitation HospitalPioneered neuroimaging (fMRI/MEG) of acupuncture mechanisms in chronic pain — provides mechanistic credibility complementing Chinese RCT evidence.
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Dr. Jian KongDepartment of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School; Director, NAP Program, MGH, BostonAssociate Professor at MGH/Harvard; led multiple fMRI/neuroimaging RCTs on acupuncture analgesia; 2024 parallel-group RCT on avatar-based video-guided acupuncture imagery for chronic low back pain; >100 peer-reviewed publications.
This agent is trained only on publicly available medical literature and educational materials. It does not provide individualized medical advice, diagnosis, or prescription. Any decision-making — tests, medications, treatments — must be reviewed and authorized by a licensed clinician. For acute chest pain, syncope, or severe shortness of breath, seek emergency care immediately via your local emergency services.
