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⌈ Secret Post #2665 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Acupuncture

[(Anonymous)]

Though I have had personal acquaintances claim that it works, isn't acupuncture like... folk medicine without any scientific basis?

Not that it won't do anything, but there's a chance there's a placebo effect.

Re: Acupuncture

[(Anonymous)]

I didn't think it would do anything when I started, and it turned out immensely helpful. So it's not the placebo effect.

Re: Acupuncture

[(Anonymous)]

Not necessarily. There is still no evidence it works and you being skeptical doesn't make you immune to placebo effect.

Re: Acupuncture

[(Anonymous)]

My understanding is that in testing, it has performed better than placebo, but so have acupuncture needles stuck in non-traditional places. So it works, the mechanism is unknown, but it's definitely not the traditionally-believed mechanism.

Re: Acupuncture

[(Anonymous)]

It seems that there is some suggestion that insertion of needles/bleeding can release endorphins, same as cutting yourself or something. Thus, maybe "feels better" for a short time, but not for any medical reason and certainly not because of needles or anything else involved in acupuncture specifically.