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Originally Posted by Pretty Little Flower
I'm not disputing that there may be relaxation associated with acupuncture. But is that seriously why practitioners say that it is effective? Because it is "relaxing"? Because if a "sedation effect" is all that is needed to cure your ills, I'm afraid we're playing right back into the hands of Big Pharma and Cultural Imperialism.
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True enough. I don't think that's what the people who practice Eastern Medicine would give as the reason for the efficacy of acupuncture. The sedating effect was a theory advanced as an explanation for why acupuncture might still be helpful in relieving whatever ailment (I can't remember what it was now) the people in that study had, notwithstanding that the needles were placed in the wrong spot for that particular ailment.
