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There is a growing understanding and acknowledgement of the therapeutic effect of acupuncture by western medical circles. For instance, a number of medical schools in universities of France have added acupuncture to their curricula in recent years. The Acupuncture Association of France has become a medical association recognized by the French Government. Some leading members of that association entertain the view that acupuncture can reduce considerably the severity of symptoms of certain diseases and the pain suffered by some patients. They believe, moreover, in the assertion that acupuncture can weaken to a great extent the hold on people of some harmful addictions. As it is the opinion of western medicine that reduction of a patient's symptoms and alleviation of the patient's suffering are important steps in the treatment of the patient, acupuncture has come to be widely accepted by the western medical circles. Being able to do these two things, acupuncture can obviously make great contributions to a patient's ultimate recovery and the strengthening of his/her power of resistance.