Awesome
I think accupuncture is also one of those things where not everyone is equally qualified.
Are there some good accupucturists? Sure!
Are there some nutjobs who are just trying to capitalize on the fact that some people
want accupuncture? Absolutely.
Same thing with chiropractic (another scammy practice). There are some good chiropractors. Most of them are just salesmen and chiropractic isn't even a science; it's a bunch of woo.
Back to accupuncture. Can it cure some things? Yeah, probably in some cases.
Is it a secret mystic cure-all that Western medicine wants to keep down? Of course not. Are the people who think this is the case? Yes.
Agreed. But it's unrelated to the efficacy of Chinese medicine.
On a related note, be your own advocate. If the dr gives you drugs, research them for interactions because even tho the docs and pharmacists are supposed to do this, sometimes things slip through the cracks.
If you're supposed to have something removed, take a magic marker and write "wrong one" on the other side. There are stories of doctors amputating the wrong limb and stuff, which is tragic.
Trust doctors, but verify what they tell you. Know what you are taking and why. Know how it works.
Doctors are human. Humans make mistakes.
Research and attempt to authenticate anything anyone tells you for that matter. Like if they
say they are protecting themselves with qi, but it actually seems more like physics and stage tricks, don't just believe them at face value