07-25-2021, 10:05 PM
(07-25-2021, 07:26 PM)Bjays93 Wrote:(07-25-2021, 07:12 PM)Acitta Wrote: The Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine teaches homeopathy as part of its curriculum, as well as other questionable things like traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture.This is a side tangent at this point but what's wrong with acupuncture? Like it's not for me but I've never heard anyone refer to it as some sort of voodoo. Obviously you need a really good acupuncturist if you want to get anything out of it, but as with most things you can have people who are good at it and people who suck and generally you dont get results from lower skilled people.
There is nothing wrong with believing in acupuncture. Just like there is nothing wrong with believing in the Flying Spaghetti Monster, which promises a beer volcano, among other things, in heaven.
But there is more or less zero scientific evidence for medical benefits of acupuncture. To quote the Wikipedia page:
Quote:In January 2020, David Gorski analyzed a 2020 review of systematic reviews ("Acupuncture for the Relief of Chronic Pain: A Synthesis of Systematic Reviews") concerning the use of acupuncture to treat chronic pain. Writing in Science-Based Medicine, Gorski said that its findings highlight the conclusion that acupuncture is "a theatrical placebo whose real history has been retconned beyond recognition." He also said this review "reveals the many weaknesses in the design of acupuncture clinical trials".
https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/more-ev...onic-pain/