Do you suffer from chronic pain? Maybe acupuncture is just what the doctor ordered. Millions of people say that acupuncture has alleviated their suffering and boosted their bodies, but others insist that it's more rooted in belief than scientific fact. Is acupuncture really the cure for what ails you, or does it only turn you into a human pincushion?
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Acupuncture Works !!!
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"Numerous scientific studies support the fact that Acupuncture works and has solid proof behind it.
Mark Moshchinsky, L.Ac New York City."
Fine. Provide real citations (not "a French study ..." or "a study on arthritis ..." but real, traceable research) that support your assertions of "solid proof." You could be the first acupuncturist to cite "research" that is not bogus.
- JJM
September 12, 2008 8:16PM
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Never need to be shown
I too was a skeptic of acupuncture. The are no really good studies showing its efficacy or mechanisms but aspirin was used an effective for many years without anyone knowing the mechanism. Ancedotes are not scientific proof but if it works for someone then it works. My young daughter was in pain and we tried everything 'medicine' had to offer. Acupunture worked to relieve her pain. Was it a placebo???...I don't really care. If it works, it works. It would have been nice if one of the traditional medical treatments could have been a "placebo" but none of them worked.
I hope you are never in enough pain that you have to be "shown" how it works.
- againes
October 27, 2008 2:21PM
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