A true history of acupuncture

updated Feb 11, 2016

Ramey D, Buell PD. A true history of acupuncture. Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies. 2004;9(4):269––273.

Tags: acupuncture, history, deep, mind, controversy, debunkery, energy work

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“Acupuncture and history: The “ancient” therapy that’s been around for several decades,” a webpage on ScienceBasedMedicine.org.
“The Acupuncture and Fasciae Fallacy,” a webpage on ScienceBasedMedicine.org.
“The Reality of Ancient Wisdom: Acupuncture and TCM Weren’t So Great,” a webpage on ScienceBasedMedicine.org.

One article on PainScience.com cites Ramey 2004 as a source:

PS Does Acupuncture Work for Pain? — A review of modern acupuncture evidence and myths, focused on treatment of back pain & other common chronic pains

This page is part of the PainScience BIBLIOGRAPHY, which contains plain language summaries of thousands of scientific papers & others sources. It’s like a highly specialized blog. A few highlights:

Association of Spinal Manipulative Therapy With Clinical Benefit and Harm for Acute Low Back Pain: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Paige 2017 JAMA.
Incidence of Spontaneous Resorption of Lumbar Disc Herniation: A Meta-Analysis. Zhong 2017 Pain Physician.
Chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy for migraine: a three-armed, single-blinded, placebo, randomized controlled trial. Chaibi 2016 Eur J Neurol.
Pulsed electromagnetic fields in knee osteoarthritis: a double blind, placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial. Bagnato 2016 Rheumatology (Oxford).
Endplate potentials are common to midfiber myofacial trigger points. Simons 2002 Am J Phys Med Rehabil.