There have been several double-blind studies over the last decade between acupuncture and sham acupuncture: there is no statistically significant difference.
This is a link to study on how expectation affects the efficacy of analgesics, specifically in the context of acupuncture: http://tinyurl.com/yzq77gd
The reason the NHS prescribes acupuncture is not because it works, but because there was a very effective lobby and a post-modern bias towards appearing to be 'open-minded'.
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There have been several double-blind studies over the last decade between acupuncture and sham acupuncture: there is no statistically significant difference.
This is a link to study on how expectation affects the efficacy of analgesics, specifically in the context of acupuncture: http://tinyurl.com/yzq77gd
The reason the NHS prescribes acupuncture is not because it works, but because there was a very effective lobby and a post-modern bias towards appearing to be 'open-minded'.
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