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> Acupuncture isn't actual medicine. That's an extremely dismissive take on a practice that has been around for an extremely long time. "Alternative medicines
by _heimdall 3y ago
> Acupuncture isn't actual medicine.
That's an extremely dismissive take on a practice that has been around for an extremely long time.
"Alternative medicines", which itself is a dismissive name, get thrown out way to quickly in the west.
- pxmpxm 3y agoBlood letting and crystals have been around for a while as well; I don't think that's really the benchmark you wanna go with for healthcare treatment.
- _heimdall 3y agoModern medicine also had plenty of practices along the way that we now disagree with. Cherrypicking two examples to discredit the acupuncture is a terrible way to prove a point. My argument wasn't that alternative medicines must be just as effective because they're old. My point was simply that hand waving anything that isn't western medicine is a very close minded view in a community that is so often pushing for equality and open mindedness above all else.