16th May 2005, 11:43 PM
Everyone wants to say something different. One article doesn't mean anything in medicine.
If accupuncture doesn't work, the NIH would not be intensely studying it right now. In otherwords, what has led the NIH to study accupuncture intensely is the fact that there is a body of evidence that points in that the direction that it works. Everyone has their biases. Alot of die hard western medicine docs will absolutely do everything to say every other type of medicine doesn't work, which is true for the most part. However, as I said above, the body of evidence, at least in the US shows a promise. The research from China, Korea, and Japan are quite different and rather show quite conclusively that accupunture is very effective in many fields of medicine. China continues national medical research system to research accupunture as it has worked for thousands of years.
I'd suggest you don't presume to teach me about medicine because the internet will give you a skewed view, and without the context of medical training, you'll end up drawing many false conclusions.
Whats real quackery ? Homeopathy is quackery. The entire body of evidence says its fake all across the world. Thats why homeopathic doctors can't even draw on scientific evidence. Hell you don't even need a liscense to practice homeopathy here in the US. Even you can go out and open a shop right now, and legally call yourself a homeopathic doctor.
If accupuncture doesn't work, the NIH would not be intensely studying it right now. In otherwords, what has led the NIH to study accupuncture intensely is the fact that there is a body of evidence that points in that the direction that it works. Everyone has their biases. Alot of die hard western medicine docs will absolutely do everything to say every other type of medicine doesn't work, which is true for the most part. However, as I said above, the body of evidence, at least in the US shows a promise. The research from China, Korea, and Japan are quite different and rather show quite conclusively that accupunture is very effective in many fields of medicine. China continues national medical research system to research accupunture as it has worked for thousands of years.
I'd suggest you don't presume to teach me about medicine because the internet will give you a skewed view, and without the context of medical training, you'll end up drawing many false conclusions.
Whats real quackery ? Homeopathy is quackery. The entire body of evidence says its fake all across the world. Thats why homeopathic doctors can't even draw on scientific evidence. Hell you don't even need a liscense to practice homeopathy here in the US. Even you can go out and open a shop right now, and legally call yourself a homeopathic doctor.