Acupuncture - have you tried it ?

[NotAllThere]

Mark Chapter 16 vs 15 to 19 Linky

Thanks FSM with Cheddar. I've now converted to Christianity, thanks to your evangelistic technique.

( But lets not derail the discussion - it's people who think that their wierd and wacky beliefs are amenable to science who need the ridicule, not people who accept that it isn't ).

[FSM with Cheddar]

Are you a Zeity sockpuppet?

Hay I've never had a lizzard up my

[NotAllThere]

Hay I've never had a lizzard up my

Why are your eyes moving that way then?

[snaw]

I had physio treatment after a slipped disk in my neck. Great stuff. And I'll readily concede that sticking needles into muscles and the subsequent manipulation might work. It's all the crap about Chi and meridians that's just "woo".

I don't remember any of that - the Dr (It was a real medical one, not the other kind) shoved a few needles in me, attached an electric thingy and zapped me for 15 mins. Et voila.

[BrowneIssue]

For another view based on a scientific approach why not try some real skeptics view of acupuncture here: http://www.ukskeptics.com/acupuncture.php

It's a shame they cannot spell sceptic.

Only creationism hasn't killed as many people as homeopathy.

Yet. Just give those Merkin baptists some more time...

I don't remember any of that - the Dr shoved a few needles in me, attached an electric thingy and zapped me for 15 mins. Et voila.

That's not acupuncture, it is muscular electroconvulsive therapy.

[snaw]

That's not acupuncture, it is muscular electroconvulsive therapy.

It is?

Oh well, I'll sit out of this one then ... so why did he call it acupuncture instead of "muscular electroconvulsive therapy"?

[martch]

There is scientific evidence that sticking needles into the skin close to pain receptors does have some benefits, but that doesn't mean acupuncture works. Acupuncture contains all sorts of totally unprovable ideas about 'energy' - only if you believe in that stuff are you performing acupuncture.

[NotAllThere]

It is?

Oh well, I'll sit out of this one then ... so why did he call it acupuncture instead of "muscular electroconvulsive therapy"?

Maybe he was worried that if he'd said "would you like some muscular electroconvulsive therapy", and you said "no", he'd have to have you sectioned for the procedure, and couldn't be bothered with the paperwork.

[TimberWolf]

Maybe he was worried that if he'd said "would you like some muscular electroconvulsive therapy", and you said "no", he'd have to have you sectioned for the procedure, and couldn't be bothered with the paperwork.

Wouldn't you feel a bit of a p r i c k after asking for that?

[TimberWolf]

Hmm, you can't say ***** on here.