China Environment

Chinese ‘Scientific’ Study Claims Acupuncture Performed on Parents Can Cure Their Children

“How could such a study be published in a renowned scientific publication?,” some wonder.

Published

8 years ago

September 20, 2018

What's on Weibo Team

Cartoon published by Beijing News in response to the study, by illustrator Liu Jun 刘俊.

A Chinese study published in a renowned academic periodical has received much online attention this week. The research, that suggests sick children could be cured by performing acupuncture on their parents, has generated waves of criticism – many of those commenting are doctors themselves.

A Chinese academic publication has stirred controversy recently, nearly a year after it was published.

In November of 2017, the Chinese journal Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion(中国针灸) published an article titled…

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1 Comment

Bob Bobness

September 24, 2018 at 4:06 pm

Can’t wait to see the double-blind clinical trial on this one!

Chinese medicine is all smoke and mirrors and inordinately high prices for virtually nothing anyway

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