Re: Anyone tried acupuncture ?

Everybody can learn how to stick needles in the body… but that doesn’t make them a Tattoo Pro or an Acupuncturist!

“other saying they lost their " smile"."

That’s probably when they saw the bill!


A Timely Caution

“Acupuncture is not Chinese medicine.

Chinese medicine is not acupuncture.

Acupuncture is part – and only a part - of TCM. To imagine that Acupuncture is TCM is as mistaken as to imagine that, say, surgery is western medicine. Surgery is only part - a small part - of conventional medicine. Furthermore, and in light of this, one should be fully aware of the fact that acupuncture is not good for every medical complaint, just as surgery in western terms is not good for every medical complaint. Acupuncture is good for what acupuncture is good for – but it is not good for everything – just as surgery is not good for everything. Three further considerations follow from this:-

1. Acupuncture alone is not sufficient to attempt to treat every medical problem that might present. It is for this reason that TCM – as an entire medical system – involves much more than just acupuncture.

2. A so-called ”Acupuncturist” is not necessarily a fully trained TCM practitioner.

3. Not all acupuncture is TCM Acupuncture.“

http://www.chinesemedicine.ie/ictcm/tcmireland.htm

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