Do you believe in benefits of acupuncture? Therapeutic / meditative? Does it cause REAL healing? Are needles a big NO! Do you believe Eastern medicin?

[DrPepper12]

The practice comes from traditional Chinese medicine. Scientific studies have confirmed its effectiveness for SOME conditions & people. Acupuncture is mainly a supplemental therapy.

The research on acupuncture shows that it is effective at rates higher than a placebo with most patients stating the received SOME relief from chronic pain or GI issues.

Some patients reported that their anxiety or depression is reduced as it gives time for contemplation, mediation as well as the acupuncture itself.

Acupuncture, when done hygienically and by a professional has almost NO negatives other than a tiny bit of blood occasionally.

In a meta-analysis published just a few years ago, researchers looked at all the accumulated randomized controlled trials examining how acupuncture fared in treating people with chronic pain. They found that not only did acupuncture work better than no-acupuncture control groups, but there were also significant differences between acupuncture and sham acupuncture. This suggests that not all of the benefits are placebo effects.

Yes. Acupuncture works full stop 🛑

Yes acupuncture works for SOME people SOME of the time.

No. Acupuncture is a fraud & should be banned.

No it doesn't work. I've tried it PERSONALLY & got no relief.

Yes it does work. I've tried it PERSONALLY & got a lot of relief.

IDGAF if it works or not! Voluntary needles? You done lost your mind!

Other - I'll explain if I'm just here to lurk on comments as an anon.

[Kaneki05]

All Medicine works to a degree if you think it does.
Just don't use one of these as the only option.
But as a doctor would advise you, longs if such alternative medicinal does not affect the right treatment your already using then it don't hurt. And having a good outlook and mindset can positively impact ones outcome.

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

I'm usually seen either denouncing or parodying pseudo-science 😏

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

Here is some usage I can see though, there are patients where medicine can't help because the cause of troubles is unknown. In that case, I've seen docs rerouting patients, who were not reluctant to pseudo-science, to pseudo-science practitioners, when it involved no money for patients

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

Considering none physical troubles or somatic troubles, then the cause is probably of psychological origin which is then hard to solve since internal psychology is not chemistry nor mechanics. It deals with spirit and spirit is not a defined object

[Kayleigh2005]

I didn’t believe in any of that crap!

My friend talked me into but one time I was so hung over and a course it was magic but I could feel the difference and freaked me out, so I think it works for some

[mandyfire98]

I had an incle that had nerve damage and acupuncture seemed to help him.

[mandyfire98]

Uncle

[Likes2drive]

It works for some people for some things, I tried it once for back pain but it didn’t do much but took away pain from something else that was bothering me

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

Never experience any of that stuff.

[Arizona8]

There is no scientific evidence that it works.

[Anonymous]

It works in some health issues, but it can be used for something serious, such as pneumonia for example.

[Jennz6]

I tried it and it didn’t work

[Dongie]

Yes, it works.