Reply #51: No controlled double blind studies ...

[BearSquirrel2]

Beyond the fact that TCM practitioners do NOT do controlled studies, certain interest doctors (as in they are actually MDs) have. They have invented a sham needle. What they found .... limited results.

The more distressing aspect of TCM is that TCM practioners have low correlation diagnosing disorders. So the same set of symptoms will produce "liver Qi defficiency" with one doctor or "spleen Qi blockage" with another and so on. And then each "practitioner" will have their own treatment for each diagnoses.

The most distressing aspect of TCM is the disease theory relies on something that cannot be measured ... Qi "energy". It's the same for subluxations or humors. They might as well be trying to put your thetans back in balance. It's really great to see Chiropracters getting into this field as it puts all the quackery under one roof. Make them scientologists, reflexologists and aromatherapists all in one and you'll have yourself full service "Quackie-Marts".