Is an acupuncture treatments result due to placebo effect?
Any form of therapy carries the potential of a positive psychosomatic (mind-body) response. However, physiological changes occurring during and after acupuncture treatment are not the result of placebo effect. Many of the effects occur without the conscious knowledge of the patient. These changes can be, and have been, measured by scientific investigation. Its important to keep in mind, though, that traditional Chinese medicine is guided by a fundamental belief in the whole body concept of health which involves the inseparable relationship of the body, mind, emotions, and spirit.
