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placebo paradoxon ...

if you read this research http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17893311

which decision is more rationale?

A: choose conventional therapy because acupuncture is no more than a placebo ( verum or sham was almost similar effectiveness)

B: choose acupuncture because effectiveness of acupuncture, either verum or sham, was almost twice that of conventional therapy

Which do you prefer? Science Based Medicine vs. Effectiveness ?

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Another question is whether these studies show that any doctor can provide acupuncture services without training in TCM. All your doctor needs to do is insert the needles randomly. In fact, pressing with a toothpick may be enough to cause the placebo effect associated with sham acupuncture.

Finally, how much would you pay for the "service", knowing what you do from the literature?

>All your doctor needs to do is insert the needles randomly.

be careful with random acupuncture points ...

"If a woman in China is pregnant with a second child, or in numerous cases, if the couple knows the first pregnancy is a girl, the couple will go to the medical clinic for an abortion. One common method of abortion is simply to use strong acupuncture point stimulation of San Yin Chiao (SP6) in conjunction with He Gu (LI4). The abortion is generally realized within 24 hours." http://www.dynamicchiropractic.com/mpacms/dc/article.php?id=...