I was unaware that acupuncture was still questionable. Apparently not everyone (in the 'western world') believes anything that isn't actively promoted by Pfizer cannot be real....
Acupuncture 'works for arthritis':
A major study of osteoarthritis of the knee says acupuncture can both relieve pain and improve movement.The US National Institutes of Health study concludes acupuncture is an effective complement to standard care. Acupuncture patients showed a 40% decrease in pain, and a nearly 40% improvement in knee function...
Researcher Dr Stephen Strauss, director of the US National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, said: "For the first time, a clinical trial with sufficient rigour, size, and duration has shown that acupuncture reduces the pain and functional impairment of osteoarthritis of the knee.
I've never had acupuncture performed on me, but I've witnessed it, on people, and on animals, and there certainly are results. A 20 year cat started bounding up the stairs after her treatments, she did no such thing previously.
