Quote Originally Posted by KenderWizard View Post
That guy I mentioned has told me to get acupuncture. I reeeeeally don't feel like dropping a hundred quid on someone sticking some needles in me. Apparently I should just ask my friend to do it! Then I could spend that money on bagels!
There are many studies that support acupuncture. Some are good, some are large, but when you do a good, large study the results vanish. A common trick when results fail to appear is to concludethat since the placebo results were as good as the actual treatment, the placebo must be effective as well!

http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/...ure-revisited/

http://whatstheharm.net/acupuncture.html

One problem is that many acupuncturists do not grasp that there's a need for keeping needles sterile. And if they practice what they preach, they shouldn't think so - after all, diseases are caused by disrupted energy flow along the meridians, not by bacteria or viruses. So abscesses and transfer of blood-borne diseases are rather common compared to when you go to a real hospital.