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There's Been STRONG and REPRODUCIBLE Evidence of Meridians
- From Bill Reddy
By Bill Reddy - American Association of Acupuncture...
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The "German paper" is nonsense
Mr. Reddy, can you tell me exactly how the resistance measurements were made? The paper does not say, most particularly, where the reference electrode was and how it was applied? Presumably you read and understood this.
Look at Figures 1 & 2. Where are the error bars? How many experiments were performed? Was the experimenter blinded to the readout? Speaking (myself) as someone who measured skin-resistance several decades ago, such measurements are easily manipulated by the experimenter. The reported pressure (in grams) variation of conductivity is way too small, suggesting the data is incompetently obtained, or faked.
Did I read correctly that vegetables have acupuncture points, as do severed limbs??
They also cover Kirlian auras, and electroacupuncture according to Voll; which have been thoroughly debunked.
In other words, a proper referee for this article would demand a lot more information, or reject it.
It might help if you could supply a proper citation to the technetium experiment, even if it is not available OnLine. Why is it that you cannot cite high-quality support for your claims?
- JJM
September 12, 2008 10:07AM
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Recent review
You need to inform yourself better: a recent review of the literature (by acupuncture proponents) concluded that the evidence for the existence of meridians etc was insufficient!
- Edzard Ernst
September 15, 2008 3:44AM
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