A coworker was two days overdue to give birth to her first child. Anxious to speed things up, she got acupuncture to induce labor. 24 hours later, she goes into labor, checks into the hospital, and gives birth to a healthy baby. The acupuncturist declared his treatment successful. She was thrilled with the results.
I can’t help but get a laugh out of the whole situation.
The only bigger liars than quacks are their patients.
Needles can be of use in labor, specifically an Epidural! The funny (or sad) thing is that those who fall for nonsense like acupuncture are the types that are the most vocal against things like Epidurals.
Ha ha - true, the people into “alternative medicine” are more likely to shun modern advances in the delivery room.
Personally, I see nothing wrong with taking advantage of everything the hospital has to offer. When ultrasound measurements estimated I was giving birth to a 9 pound child, I followed my doctor’s advice and got a C-Section. There were other medical factors involved in the doctor’s decision, of course, but the minute she said “9 pounds” I picked up the pen and signed the surgical consent form. No further convincing needed!
Reminds me of a scam during the 1940’s. An ad was widely placed offering to predict the sex of one’s fetus if you sent them $5.00, and a small sample of your hair. They promised to refund your money if they were wrong and even included a return envelope with their prediction. And they were quite “honest” about sending back the money to those who complained. It turned out that the guy running it, flipped a coin each time. This meant he got it right half the time, and he made thousands of dollars from satisfied parents.
Reminds me of a scam during the 1940’s. An ad was widely placed offering to predict the sex of one’s fetus if you sent them $5.00, and a small sample of your hair. They promised to refund your money if they were wrong and even included a return envelope with their prediction. And they were quite “honest” about sending back the money to those who complained. It turned out that the guy running it, flipped a coin each time. This meant he got it right half the time, and he made thousands of dollars from satisfied parents.
For me the jury is still out on acupuncture. I work in a staff model HMO and we offer this to our members. They have to be referred, but even our most skeptical doctor will refer patients with certain aliments (sprained ankle is one).
For me the jury is still out on acupuncture. I work in a staff model HMO and we offer this to our members. They have to be referred, but even our most skeptical doctor will refer patients with certain aliments (sprained ankle is one).
A study was done in which sham acupuncture points were used and it was as effective as the traditional locations both were more effective then not being pierced with needles.
A study was done in which sham acupuncture points were used and it was as effective as the traditional locations both were more effective then not being pierced with needles.
For me the jury is still out on acupuncture. I work in a staff model HMO and we offer this to our members. They have to be referred, but even our most skeptical doctor will refer patients with certain aliments (sprained ankle is one).
A study was done in which sham acupuncture points were used and it was as effective as the traditional locations both were more effective then not being pierced with needles.
It is thought that acupunctures efficacy is the result of endorphins being released into the body.
That makes a lot of sense, coupled of course with the placebo effect. The endorphin affect explains why it works on some animals as well.
There is no ‘traditional location’ if you travel to different parts of China, you will find that they do not agree at all about on the appropriate points for anything. If they do agree, it is probably purely coincidence. Acupuncture is far more standardized here than in China (which doesn’t make it more scientific).
For me the jury is still out on acupuncture. I work in a staff model HMO and we offer this to our members. They have to be referred, but even our most skeptical doctor will refer patients with certain aliments (sprained ankle is one).
A study was done in which sham acupuncture points were used and it was as effective as the traditional locations both were more effective then not being pierced with needles.
It is thought that acupunctures efficacy is the result of endorphins being released into the body.
That makes a lot of sense, coupled of course with the placebo effect. The endorphin affect explains why it works on some animals as well.
There is no ‘traditional location’ if you travel to different parts of China, you will find that they do not agree at all about on the appropriate points for anything. If they do agree, it is probably purely coincidence. Acupuncture is far more standardized here than in China (which doesn’t make it more scientific).
However, there’s this article on the management of low back pain.
....... the truth will manifest and prevail itself in the end.
Anyway, what purpose will it ultimately serve to one’s health to have an ever increasing buildup of the medications with the so-called powerful healing effects on one end but unfortunately permanent and almost unavoidable, undesirable and highly irreversible bodily damaging side effects on the other ?
