So, good for pretty much everything

Sign at Kelowna acupuncture clinic

I saw this sign in the front window of a Kelowna acupuncture clinic.

It would appear that acupuncture is the most effective medical treatment available. Either acupuncture really works for all of these conditions, or the clinic's practitioners are keen devotees of the placebo effect.

But don't knock the placebo effect. It is the most thoroughly tested medical treatment out there. And trial after trial has demonstrated that placebo's really do work. So, do we really care is acupuncture is only a placebo? If it gives people relief then they should enjoy the moment.

I have a hard time when acupuncture is proposed as a treatment for conflicting ailments. (Like, say, constipation and diarrhea, or both high blood pressure and low blood pressure.)