bala ram, you are welcome!
On Feb 19, 5:09 am, bala ram <[email protected]> wrote:
> SIR,
> THANKYOU VERY MUCH FOR THE INFORMATION
>
> On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 7:48 AM, Chris Jenkins
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> >http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/40535/title/Needles_can_st...
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> > "Acupuncture, the ancient Chinese practice of sticking needles into a
> > patient at specific points to relieve pain and treat other conditions,
> > seems to alleviate pain just barely better than sticking needles into
> > nonspecified parts of the body, a new analysis shows.
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> > Acupuncture purports to hit key spots along channels called meridians
> > that run throughout the body. But the narrow difference in the
> > findings of sham needle sticks and real acupuncture raises the
> > question of how acupuncture works.
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> > The placebo effect, in which patients get some benefit from a fake
> > treatment because they assume it is real, probably plays a role in
> > acupuncture and may explain some of the sham acupuncture benefit, says
> > Andrea Furlan, a physician and pain researcher at the University of
> > Toronto and the Institute for Work & Health, also in Toronto. But the
> > placebo effect is unlikely to account for all the pain reduction, she
> > says. "There might be physiological changes" brought on as needle
> > sticks affect the nervous system, she says.
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> > The experience of undergoing the ritual of acupuncture also influences
> > the therapy's effectiveness, she says. "Belief is a big part of this,"
> > says Furlan, a trained acupuncturist who no longer practices."
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> > On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 9:10 PM, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > > I don't think this thread is going to fly orn.
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> > > On Feb 18, 5:58 pm, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >>http://www.chinesemedicinetimes.com/forum/showthread.php?t=532- Hide
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