(October 30, 2016 at 6:17 pm)Aractus Wrote:(October 30, 2016 at 9:36 am)Anomalocaris Wrote: Evidence does not show acupuncture cures anything.
However, body of evidence shows acupuncture needles as applied to traditional acupuncture pressure points has some palliative and analgesic effect. The fact that it doesn't seem to work as well when randomly applied, even on patients who has no idea where acupuncture pressure points are, suggest it is not quite a placebo affect. It is also not so far fetched, as mere pressure on many of these points also seem to have analgesic effects, something which skilled masseuse takes advantage of.
If it has a real therapeutic effect then it should be observable under test conditions, and repeatable. As mentioned earlier it's based on a belief about disease that is outdated and inconsistent with the germ theory of disease. It's based on disease and infirmity being caused by meridians.
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Is your medical logic/thinking that limited? Can you not think of any other human disease that exists outside of germ theory?
My comment is not a defense of acupuncture.
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental.
