RE: WHO endores acupuncture?
January 23, 2013 at 2:00 pm
(This post was last modified: January 23, 2013 at 2:01 pm by Anomalocaris.)
(January 22, 2013 at 5:36 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote: Apparently the World Health Organization has a whole list of diseases that it approves acupuncture as a treatment for.
http://apps.who.int/medicinedocs/en/d/Js...#Js4926e.5
What's the problem with this? Well.... acupuncture is based on the idea that disease is caused by the disruption of qi, or your life energy, and that acupuncture points correct this balance. Great, except that there is no qi, this is medieval medicine that has been thrust upon the modern world. Numerous studies have been done where 'incorrect' acupuncture points have been done, and all of them have come to the same conclusion: Placebo affect.
The world health organization endorsing something like this is irresponsible, dangerous, and results in them losing significant credibility when it comes to real science.
What evidence of your credentials do your present to support your implicit assertion that your second guessing the professional judgement of WHO is worth listening to?
