I quote this interesting article for my readers,let's talking about this...
Some GPs may shrug and suggest there is no harm in it but I feel uncomfortable sitting back as acupuncturists spend an estimated £32 million of precious NHS funds.
Acupuncturists have an emotional investment in this therapy. They are fervent, enthusiastic advocates who almost certainly have nothing but good intentions. But they are performing contortions when describing these trials and to justify the continued use of acupuncture in the face of mounting evidence that it is nothing more that a dramatic placebo.
Acupuncture has been touted as a panacea for 4,000 years and it may have been used by countless millions around the globe but no one, in that whole time, has proved beyond any reasonable doubt that there is a clinically significant effect that can be distinguished from bias. We would have flushed away any drug with such poor results. It's time that acupuncture was consigned to the sharps bin
I'm too tired to write something for this idea. Please read more research about acupuncture.
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Source: PULSE
