Finding science in acupuncture
Monday, May 09, 2016 by: PF Louis
(NaturalNews) This article title is
taken from a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) article by Belinda Beck, WSJ
health writer. She turned in a good journalistic effort, undergoing treatments
herself for chronic neck and back pain.
After two sessions, she felt better. Beck did her due journalistic diligence by interviewing various western physicians and scientists in the New York area who are familiar with acupuncture, some even practicing it.
But as Mike Adams says in a 2006 Natural News article explaining different medical modalities, the Western version of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), which includes herbs as well as acupuncture, is not at the same level as the version practiced throughout Asia.
This has also been explained by more than one acupuncturist here in the United States. The length of time Asians can endure with needles and uncomfortable stimulation is a sensation that most Westerners can't handle. Nevertheless, results are still achieved with "acupuncture light" in the U.S.
Adams also points out how TCM has been around, more advanced than Western medicine in many aspects, for over 4,000 years. Yet, Western "science-based" medicine tends to discount TCM's energetic chi (qi) science because they must confirm and measure it with those expensive medical instruments. (http://www.naturalnews.com/019365_western_medicine_conventional.html)
After two sessions, she felt better. Beck did her due journalistic diligence by interviewing various western physicians and scientists in the New York area who are familiar with acupuncture, some even practicing it.
But as Mike Adams says in a 2006 Natural News article explaining different medical modalities, the Western version of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), which includes herbs as well as acupuncture, is not at the same level as the version practiced throughout Asia.
This has also been explained by more than one acupuncturist here in the United States. The length of time Asians can endure with needles and uncomfortable stimulation is a sensation that most Westerners can't handle. Nevertheless, results are still achieved with "acupuncture light" in the U.S.
Adams also points out how TCM has been around, more advanced than Western medicine in many aspects, for over 4,000 years. Yet, Western "science-based" medicine tends to discount TCM's energetic chi (qi) science because they must confirm and measure it with those expensive medical instruments. (http://www.naturalnews.com/019365_western_medicine_conventional.html)
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