Chinese medicine minefield

[Deetee]

While browsing the Daily Wail web site I found this not bad article on Chinese Medicine. Seems like there is still a bit of healthy scepticism lurking within some of their journalists after all.

 

[vIQleS]

Traditional Chinese medicine has been tested according to Western scientific protocols.

I'm sorry - is that a typo?

 

[JoeTheJuggler]

Here's one that just shows a placebo effect for acupuncture:

for example

 

[vIQleS]

well, yeah acupucture.. there may even be some studies that suggest there might be some benifit to acuputure, but TCM <> Acupucture... what about herbs and Qiqong etc.

Perhaps the typo was the missing: "... and found to be almost universally ineffective in any sort of medical sense."