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From: friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley Friesen)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: Re: Scientific Study proposed
Message-ID: <697@psivax.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 30-Aug-85 18:24:03 EDT
Article-I.D.: psivax.697
Posted: Fri Aug 30 18:24:03 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 5-Sep-85 07:18:24 EDT
References: <269@uvm-gen.UUCP>
Reply-To: friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley Friesen)
Organization: Pacesetter Systems Inc., Sylmar, CA
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Summary: 

In article <269@uvm-gen.UUCP> counselo@uvm-gen.UUCP (Counselor) writes:
>Enough Bickering!!!! From the way you go back and forth, precious few 
>of you have ever taken a class in logic/debate. I am offended by Walt
>Stolls religious awe of principles which were set down by the chinese
>several thousand years ago. I am equally offended by the "rational" 
>community invoking "Scientific Method" like some blind, dumb god and 
>refusing to examine procedures which obviously work (like acupuncture)

	Well, as a matter of fact, the effectiveness of acupuncture
*is* accepted by the scientific community. When it was first reported
scientist were properly *skeptical* in the abscence of proper testing
under controlled conditions.(Remember the placebo effect is very
important). However, as soon as controlled results were available
which confirmed the procedure it *was* accepted. In fact recent
research has fairly well ellucidated the mechanism by which it works.
The mechanism is totally different than the traditional Chinese
explanation. If I remember correctly it is based on stimulation of
endorphins by accessory electric potentials derived from the spinning
of the needles. It has also been shown that mild electric current is a
usable substitute for spinning the needles by hand.
-- 

				Sarima (Stanley Friesen)

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