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28. My wife is a Tradition Chinese Medicine practitioner

Tue Jul 9, 2013, 11:37 AM

Jul 2013

My wife is a Tradition Chinese Medicine practitioner from a family line of TCM doctors. The theory behind the application of the needles is time tested and rather complex. Normally, the use of needles is combined with herbal treatments and powerful massage techniques from a system called Tui Na.

Since TCM is not a uniform field of study and has developed over centuries by families and handed down from teacher to student, there exist many variations of treatment for any particular health problem. Over thousands of years of practice, treatments that fail fall into disuse while effective methods gain traction, spread and endure.

A great deal of research is now being done in modern Universities in China and elsewhere in order to establish the science behind the tradition. If the story above is accurate, I'd say the therapist was blindingly incompetent and this cautionary tale is being trotted out for use as propaganda.

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Acupuncture: Small risks versus no benefit [View all] SidDithers Jul 2013 OP

I find it difficult to believe that an accupunture needle could pierce the lung NV Whino Jul 2013 #1

That wasn't the finding of the Ontario Court... SidDithers Jul 2013 #3

The needles are 2" long NV Whino Jul 2013 #18

Watch this video, (Warning, not for the weak stomach types) snooper2 Jul 2013 #20

This is why most states regulate to those physicians (and veterinarians) who go on to receive hlthe2b Jul 2013 #2

So what's the science that tells an accupuncturist... SidDithers Jul 2013 #5

I won't be insulted, Sid.. I indicated this person didn't know basic anatomy. hlthe2b Jul 2013 #8

I read a study that determined pscot Jul 2013 #4

Not really "random". Hell Hath No Fury Jul 2013 #15

I have no idea how it works but I know 4 people who quit smoking from acupuncture. JaneyVee Jul 2013 #6

and I know a guy who finally quit smoking after hypnosis SCantiGOP Jul 2013 #9

The cashectomy effect pscot Jul 2013 #13

I, my wife and 6 other friends quit after laser treatment kysrsoze Jul 2013 #31

lost track of how many times G_j Jul 2013 #7

True, but idiots still have the needles stuck in them so the cause continues. 1-Old-Man Jul 2013 #12

one story G_j Jul 2013 #16

That massage therapist had - Hell Hath No Fury Jul 2013 #10

The Science-Based Medicine Blog is a great resource as well. longship Jul 2013 #11

Yup... SidDithers Jul 2013 #14

And yet your story is about a massage threapist practicing medicine illegally, or it would be here Bluenorthwest Jul 2013 #17

Thanks for the link. Iggo Jul 2013 #30

The Nationl Institutes of Health (NIH) concludes differently: hlthe2b Jul 2013 #19

Well NCCAM concludes differently... SidDithers Jul 2013 #23

NCCAM is one of the Insitutes of NIH... Educate yourself, SID, please hlthe2b Jul 2013 #26

And what about the Journal for the AMA grantcart Jul 2013 #33

I have type II CRPS cali Jul 2013 #34

The most important sentence zipplewrath Jul 2013 #35

I am a very satisfied person using acupuncture on several occasions and would continue with the Thinkingabout Jul 2013 #21

Acupuncture helped my brain and energy flow. ananda Jul 2013 #22

You might fool people but it does not work that way with little pups. Thinkingabout Jul 2013 #24

I get acupuncture because it was recommened to me by a friend who is not just an MD Bluenorthwest Jul 2013 #27

Problem is that requirements are not adequate for MTs to do acupuncture. Malpractice is bad, but uppityperson Jul 2013 #25

My wife is a Tradition Chinese Medicine practitioner agent46 Jul 2013 #28

It hasn't developed over the centuries. HuckleB Oct 2013 #38

Thanks for this link agent46 Oct 2013 #39

I gripe about homeopathy I see in drugstores, Sid, you gripe about acupuncture. Archae Jul 2013 #29

None of them work. That's the bottom line. HuckleB Oct 2013 #36

On the other hand acupuncture helped me lose 23 pounds LiberalEsto Jul 2013 #32

It's all a big placebo. HuckleB Oct 2013 #37