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Does Acupuncture Really Work?
Does acupuncture really work? It is a difficult question to answer. There is a body of evidence to support the claims of both camps – that acupuncture is a powerful healing method used for centuries by the Chinese or that it is a sham, and a means for charlatans to make a quick buck. Here is the evidence provided by both camps to enable you decide for yourself.
The Arguments Against
There are several arguments against acupuncture being an effective healing technique, perhaps the most powerful, if it is true, being that the Chinese don’t use it much anymore. They prefer modern medicine to acupuncture or even to TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) [1]. Although this claim is made from a skeptical website, acupuncture is not part of TCM, and the Chinese gave up acupuncture once modern medicinal techniques were introduced to them.
Traditional Chinese Medicine was reintroduced by Mao Zedong (Mao Tse Tung), although he admitted not to using it himself, preferring instead modern medical science. Nevertheless, that does not infer that acupuncture does not work. However, the concept of the universal life force or energy known as ‘Qi’ is metaphysical and there is no evidence of its existence [2]. It cannot be measured, and therefore the concept is irrelevant to medicine.
The only way in which the question ‘does acupuncture really work’ can be answered is by results. Are those treated with acupuncture genuinely cured of their malady or is it no more than a placebo effect: they believe it will help them so it does, only to return a few days or even hours later? Read more about natural health cures at thepeopleschemist.com.
