Looking for an acupuncture cite

epepke · 29th December 2004, 10:55 AM

On a television program, and I think in the pages of the Skeptical Inquirer, I saw a reference to the notion that Chinese acupuncturists, before surgery, gave the patients "a little something" to relax them first.

Can anybody point me in the right direction to find this citation?

Goshawk · 29th December 2004, 02:44 PM

Are you talking about combining acupuncture with anesthesia and/or sedatives? Because that's fairly common.

http://www.medicalacupuncture.com/aa...nesthesia.html

http://www.ontcm.com/wjam/wj00-2-16.htm

http://www.infinityinst.com/articles/acupunct.html

Or are you talking about some kind of acupuncture-only surgery in which the acupuncturist slipped the subject a sedative, but under the table, as it were?

materia3 · 29th December 2004, 05:49 PM

The following journal which deals with traditional Chinese medicine may have some studies for you on Acupuncture. Start w/checking he current table of contents and then use its search page to find more:

http://www.worldscinet.com/ajcm/ajcm.shtml

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29th December 2004, 02:44 PM	#2
Goshawk Graduate Poster Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Decatur, Illinois, USA Posts: 1,453	Are you talking about combining acupuncture with anesthesia and/or sedatives? Because that's fairly common. http://www.medicalacupuncture.com/aa...nesthesia.html http://www.ontcm.com/wjam/wj00-2-16.htm http://www.infinityinst.com/articles/acupunct.html Or are you talking about some kind of acupuncture-only surgery in which the acupuncturist slipped the subject a sedative, but under the table, as it were?