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RE: Critical review of acupuncture as a therapeutic procedure ; can we call it a placebo?
This is really interesting. I was actually thinking acupuncture was pure BS a bunch of years ago. I have however witnessed it working myself in specific cases (which I know has zero scientific value; who cares about what I see; this is not a proof). However, I didn't really admit it could work, without seeing a proof. Whilst I don't buy the energy thing and meridian stuff, the adenosine explanation you provide seems to make partly sense.
I am however far from being an expert in this topic and won't comment further (and I still don't buy it to make things clear).
Maybe it worked because some acupuncture points coincided with some actual "trigger points"? When they mention qi and energy we get in the realm of pseudoscience..
In any case, the placebo effect is also there. Personally, I will clearly not buy it without any scientific evidence, but I am all in for it if it can help (and it often helps), could it be via the placebo effect or via some real stuff through these trigger points (the latter having to be proved).
@aboutcoolscinece, quite agree with you on that, no doubt, the qi concept is just one
of which I cannot vouch for
Thanks @lemouth comments here alone has really made My day.
hehe my pleasure!