Acupuncture, touch, and the placebo r esponse

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I didn't have time to read the full article, but how does this theory explain

the use of accupuncture for the complete elimination of pain during major

surgery, as is practiced in some countries?

 

-- David Elfstrom <listbox wrote:

ACUPUNCTURE, TOUCH, AND THE PLACEBO RESPONSE

 

read the full article at

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/anthony.campbell1/acupuncture/articles/touch.html

 

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Does this mean that acupuncture is " just placebo " ?

 

At this point, if not before, scientifically minded acupuncturists are

likely to feel uncomfortable, for we seem to be coming perilously near to

conceding the critics' case that acupuncture is nothing more than a

superior placebo. This is in fact still a possibility, as Ernst and White

have pointed out (p. 156)[6]. And what makes the critics' charge even more

telling is the fact that although there is a fair amount of scientific

evidence to show that acupuncture in the broad sense has some effect, there

is very little to show that any one method of doing it is better than