Talk:Acupuncture
[edit] Tools Used
According to the nice folk at Science Based Medicine, acupuncture is referenced in historical texts but most of the tools used in those references are scarily large sized: http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/acupuncture-and-fascial-planes-junk-science-and-wasteful-research/ I don't have access to the original texts that SBM cite, but I'm pretty sure I'm not alone amongst modern folk who mentally think acupuncture=needles and could do with a reminder. It's only in my head because I was trawling the SBM archives last week and re-read it then! Jeshyr (talk) 08:32, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
[edit] irrelevant
since "doctors" actally use disposable needles the remark concerning disease spreading is groundless itself..
removing?— Unsigned, by: 93.35.51.187 / talk / contribs
- This claim is backed up with a superb reference to a relevant medical study.--
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11:57, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
- sry, just reporting what i saw myself.
- how can i support it? (not sarcasm)
- medical guidelines? i know that probably "dr"Wong uses the same needles his grandfather gave him, but i believe that in structures ::such as hospitals or clinics a doctor who does not dispose of such materials will not last long. 93.35.51.187 (talk) 12:13, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
[edit] Acupuncture vs "needle play"
Given that it is well known in the fetish community that (at least for some people) being poked with a bunch of needles (typically 23-18 gauge hypodermics, that go just underneath the skin and back out again much like a surface piercing) releases far more endorphins than it should given the level of pain involved isn't it likely that the real effect of Acupuncture is simply causing a mild form of "subspace" in the person being treated thus causing temporary pain relief and that the increased effect over random stabbing is simply because of the acupuncture practitioner getting into a good rhythm and such? It would also explain why the results are so unreliable, only certain people have that kind of reaction to being poked like that whether it is in an acupuncture treatment or at the local fetish club. (in fact, of the two human pincushion sideshow performers I know, both have said that endorphin high is the big reason they got into doing such performances in the first place)