Yep, it's a matter of faith and belief, not fact. No argument there. In the USA, neither Medicare nor Medicaid will cover acupuncture since there is zero medical evidence it works.

Not surprised that the "evidence" would be a film made in China. I won't bother to link to all the articles pointing out that skeptical western observers noticed and subsequently guilty Chinese doctors confessed that real pain killers were administered to these Chinese patients before the showy needles were used. '
Heck, I'm old enough to remember the big "news" in 1971 when the New York Times columnist James Reston had an appendectomy in China and the Chinese doctors supposedly used acupuncture for his anesthesia. Even today Google searches turn up hundreds of fake news stories some even from NIH NCAM woo woo believers citing this. Of course the truth was, as reported by Mr. Reston himself in his newspaper article on it and in his medical records: [quote]removed my appendix on July 17 after a normal injection of Xylocain and Benzocain, which anesthetized the middle of my body and then pumped the area anesthetic by needle into my back. [/quote]
Just so none of the woo woo brigade links to that old bugaboo
But I suppose it works as well as Reiki
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