According to rumours, the indigenous medicine practised in Sri Lanka mainly using herbals are marvelous with respect to certain cases, which could not be cured by any other system, but no documentary proof issued by any acceptable independent authority. Therefore much confidence can not be placed on rumours other than to try and see.

The acupuncture mentioned above has been accepted as an alternative medicine by the World Health Organisation, but to my knowledge the acupressure is not so to date. In the name of acupuncture, “acu” stands for needle and “puncture” for pierce. In acupuncture, the diseases are treated by piercing relevant specific points in the body with a special needle. In acupressure, the said points are pressed either with one’s thumb or flat end of something like a pencil.

The acupressure is introduced as an inexpensive, simple method, which can be practised by the patient himself. Some more details will be provided on this system in a forthcoming page for the benefit of my website visitors. Comprehensive knowledge can be gained by reading books already published on this subject.

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