Acupuncture Effects

Review: Steve Novella MD PhD 2015

All of this evidence is in stark contrast to what most people believe about acupuncture. People actually think science supports acupuncture. That simply isn’t the case. Which isn’t really surprising, because we’re talking about a healing system that rests on a belief in auras: an alleged “energy” in and around the body that no one can or has ever actually detected.

Conclusion: Once again we see that the best acupuncture clinical trials show that it does not matter where or if you place the needles. Since these are the two interventions specific to acpuncture, we can conclude (confidently, at this point) that acupuncture does not work and that any perceived benefit from acupucture is due to placebo or nonspecific effects.
The acupuncture industry needs to be called on their continued promotion of a medical modality which has already been shown to be ineffective by clinical research. The mainstream media needs to be criticized for uncritically accepting the propaganda of the acupuncture industry.