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=== British Acupuncture Council statement on ear seeds for CFS/ME === In response to TV and media coverage of self-administered acupressure using [[Acu Seeds|ear seeds]] as a treatment for [[ME/CFS]], the British Acupuncture Council released a statement clarifying that [[acupuncture]] was different to [[acupressure]], and stating that "there is no one-size-fits-all treatment for conditions such as [[chronic fatigue syndrome]]" and that ear seeds were an adjunct treatment for CFS in Chinese medicine, with body acupuncture being the primary treatment, often combined with [[Moxibustion|moxibustion.]]<ref name="BAC-Jan24" /> The British Acupuncture Council also stated "[a] traditional acupuncturist does not base treatment on the diagnosis of ‘chronic fatigue syndrome’ or ‘myalgic encephalomyelitis’. They will take a full case history and arrive at a diagnosis using the traditional theory. This diagnosis is called 证 zhèng. Zhèng is usually translated as pattern. Even for conditions where the signs and symptoms are fairly consistent, such as osteoarthritis of the knee, patients can be diagnosed with different zhèng-patterns. This means that patients with osteoarthritis of the knee we will get slightly different treatments depending on their overall signs and symptoms. {{Quote frame|quote=A traditional acupuncturist does not base treatment on the diagnosis of ‘chronic fatigue syndrome’ or ‘myalgic encephalomyelitis’. They will take a full case history and arrive at a diagnosis using the traditional theory. This diagnosis is called 证 zhèng. Zhèng is usually translated as pattern. Even for conditions where the signs and symptoms are fairly consistent, such as osteoarthritis of the knee, patients can be diagnosed with different zhèng-patterns. This means that patients with osteoarthritis of the knee we will get slightly different treatments depending on their overall signs and symptoms.<ref name="BAC-Jan24" />|source=British Acupuncture Council|title=Statement on ear seeds for CFS/ME – Dragon’s Den}}
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