Acupuncture, one of the most famous Chinese medical     1     (treat), is increasingly well received among the world with solid evidence     2     it has a certain edge over western medicine.

    3     (date) back to the Stone Age, the magic needles measuring between 15 and 75 millimeters in length played     4     critical role in treating patients in the old past of China and over time, these needles     5     (change) in materials and shapes. While examining a patient, the acupuncturist looks at the patient’s skin and tongue, listening to the sound, smelling his breath, asking about his condition and     6     (feel) his pulse. According to the results of the check-up, the acupuncturist selects certain points on the body called acupuncture points. So far, more than 360 acupuncture points have been identified, each of     7     linked to a different part of the body.

However,    8     acupuncture actually works is not clearly understood, and no agreement has been reached. But anyway, there really existed such a phenomenon where patients can restore health after being treated by the acupuncture, so     9     the uncertainty about its medical basis, these years it has been applied to treat a wide range of health problems and is preferred at home and abroad. In 2010, acupuncture was included in the UNESCO ICH. Today, it is recognized     10     a symbol of TCM and has come into widespread use.

7 . Jeff Jensen was in a dilemma(困境). He was hobbled(跛行) by painful nerve damage in his leg and foot. He needed surgery, but he doubted if he could afford it, even with insurance. “There’s nothing more depressing than seeing a bill for 182,024,000 dollars and going, ‘How much of this will my insurance cover and how much is mine to cover?’” Jensen told WWAY-TV.

Luckily for Jensen, his doctor is Demetrio Aguila. The nerve specialist gives patients at his Healing Hands of Nebraska practice in Papillion the option to pay for surgery through volunteer work. He calls it his M25 Program, inspired by the words from a famous book.

“We can’t ignore the people in our own backyard,” Aguila told CBS. “We want to be able to offer hope to patients who have lost hope medically.”

Using an algorithm(算法), the clinic calculates community service hours based on the price of the surgery. In Jensen’s case, the $12,000 operation equaled 560 hours of helping out at one of the local charitable organizations registered with the M25 Program.

Like 10 percent of Aguila’s patients, Jensen chose the community service. And because hundreds of hours of community service can seem depressing, Aguila, 50, not only lets others help, but he encourages it. “I had this hope that we would remotivate our neighbors and ourselves a sense of volunteerism,” he told CNN.

Jensen, whose surgery was completed in February 2020, was helped by more than 100 friends and strangers who volunteered at Orphan Grain Train, which donates food, clothing, and medicine nationally and globally.

Count Dave Harvey, founder of the homeless aid organization Least of My Brethren, is the one who is admired by Aguila, “He’s helping us by sending volunteers our way.” he told KMTV in Omaha. “What a cool thing.”