Acupuncture…alternative to what?

You have probably heard acupuncture referred to at some point as “alternative medicine” but classifying acupuncture this way is based on two erroneous assumptions. First, it implies that acupuncture is a runner-up or a contingency plan to turn to when medicine inevitably falls short, or should one choose not to utilize medicine in the first place. Second, it implies that acupuncture is a type of medicine, albeit an alternative type. To set the record straight, acupuncture stands alone in the detection and correction of the body’s... [Read more...]