Still wasting time talking about fake acupuncture?
Written on 26/5/10 by Cathe in Acupuncture , Articles |
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I participated as a speaker at the 24th International Congress of Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine organized dall'AMAB (Association of Medical Acupuncturists Bolognesi) and the Italy-China School of Acupuncture held Saturday, May 22 in Bologna at the Palace of Culture.
The Congress has been the most important event at the national level in the field of Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine, with the presence of more than 500 medical acupuncturists from Italy and abroad.
Among the foreign speakers this year were Professor Pierre Rabischong, Honorary Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Montpellier, France and Prof. Wang Ling Ling 's University in Nanjing, China.
Among the speakers listed Italian Giovanardi Prof., Prof. Picozzi, Prof. Mazzanti, Dr. Gulì it, Dr. Sotte, Dr. Alais, Dott.essa D'Angelo, Dr. Vanacci, Dr. Matra.
This year's theme was the treatment of painful conditions, which are the diseases on which the effectiveness of acupuncture is more recognized.
There are now numerous scientific evidence demonstrating that acupuncture in chronic pain, particularly in low back pain and headaches, to be a therapy quietly considered most effective drugs and, above all, even if this argument is emphasized, without side effects.
In the work presented, which was compared with medication or physical therapy general, it is clear that acupuncture is a viable alternative afarmacologica to deal with the pain.
What amazes me is that you pass some time talking about Sham acupuncture as a problem, since that acupuncture, the so-called "false", it works only marginally less than acupuncture "true".
In other words, the scientific work shows that there is no significant difference between the two: both work!
He had to intervene to remind Prof. Picozzi that acupuncture is not a chemical but physical therapy, there would never dream of doing surgery "false", right?
Or maybe a wrong or incomplete surgery. Some effect but it still would have more negative than anything else.
Prof. Picozzi rightly explained in his report that the false acupuncture does not exist, there is always an effect and in this case, look, it's still positive.
That 's what should be a positive surprise, but no, though some take the opportunity to cry out that acupuncture is only a placebo effect.
Should we scream that is a real idiot to make this comparison! You can not compare the results of work in acupuncture with existing work on drugs based on precisely control the drug to placebo, as the latter is totally inert, pharmacologically speaking.
The ancient Chinese acupuncturists said "the needle is intelligent, the acupuncturist who is stupid." The needle, also put in place scoretta, may still have a positive effect. Acupuncture is inherently fact harmonizing, but what we want more ... a Lucan?
Acupuncture of scientific work must necessarily be carried out using protocols where all patients are charged the same acupoints also to obtain a numerically significant cases are very often used acupuncture with limited preparation. It 's easy to understand that the "true acupuncture" is not' yet and that this art when applied by an experienced acupuncturist will differ not only in the needed requirements, but also in its effectiveness.
It 's a bit like exercise. Make the move and without non-specific technique, however, produces a result. Make the move with little specificity and little technique produces a slightly greater. Be specific, targeted movements, a technique developed and proven efficacy, produces incredibly superior results.
But ... this can not be said because it is not scientific ...
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Tags: Acupuncture , scientific method , sham
On 27/5/10 at 3:27 pm Andrea said:
Once a homeopath said, "of some therapeutic approaches (such as homeopathy and acupuncture) is said today that they are" alternative ". but they are much older than modern ones ... .. so it's logical to say that they are alternatives? is not it? "
Hello Catherine. I often read your beautiful post even if I do not write comments.
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