Interesting news that studies confirm that acupuncture does indeed owrk and differently to placebo treatment [which also work but to a lesser extent]. What we need to be wary of as Christians is making the jump that often people do makeand which is a driver in the growth of New Age ideas. The jump is that demonstrating something like acupunture works does not necessarily mean that the traditional explanation [in this case chi flowing in the body -feng Shui for the indivudual person] is correct. That would be like saying that becasue we discovered the bark of a tree and were alerted to it by tribal shamans, that we should discount the analgesic chemical and endorse the animistic explanation of our guides.
Me, I'm awaiting further scientific tests.
The Observer | UK News | It's official: acupuncture really works
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