http://thehealthyskeptic.org Challenging mainstream myths about nutrition, health and disease Fri, 10 Sep 2010 00:06:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://thehealthyskeptic.org/acupuncture/comment-page-1#comment-1789 The Healthy Skeptic · Welcome Mark’s Daily Apple readers! Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:30:37 +0000 http://thehealthyskeptic.org/?page_id=420#comment-1789 [...] You might have seen Mark’s recent article on acupuncture. Although it’s commonly believed in the West that acupuncture is based on mysterious energy called qi flowing through invisible lines called meridians, it turns out that idea is based on blatant mistranslations of ancient Chinese medical texts. When these texts are correctly translated, it becomes clear that acupuncture is not a “woo-woo” energy healing technique, but a complete “flesh and bones” system of medicine based on the same anatomy and physiology as western medicine. You can read all about it here. [...] [...] You might have seen Mark’s recent article on acupuncture. Although it’s commonly believed in the West that acupuncture is based on mysterious energy called qi flowing through invisible lines called meridians, it turns out that idea is based on blatant mistranslations of ancient Chinese medical texts. When these texts are correctly translated, it becomes clear that acupuncture is not a “woo-woo” energy healing technique, but a complete “flesh and bones” system of medicine based on the same anatomy and physiology as western medicine. You can read all about it here. [...]

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