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Acupuncture, Magic, and Make-Believe
Ulett, George A. http://www.csicop.org/si/show/acupuncture_magic_and_make-believe/
Publisher: Skeptical Inquirer
Date Written: 01/03/2003
Year Published: 2003
Pages: 5pp
Resource Type: Article
Traditional Chinese acupuncture is an archaic procedure of inserting needles through the skin over imaginary channels in accord with rules developed from pre-scientific superstition and numerological beliefs. New research has replaced this mystical sham medical procedure with a simple evidence-based no-needle treatment that stimulates motor points and nerve junctures and induces gene-expression of neurochemicals and activates brain areas important for healing. This is a scientifically based alternative to the previous metaphysical theories and magical rituals.
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