# acupuncture--a clarification? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [April 2, 2000, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acupuncture-a-clarification/1174 "2000-04-02T20:57:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mrsphlem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b77776/32.png) [@mrsphlem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrsphlem)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2000, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acupuncture-a-clarification/1174/1 "2000-04-02T20:57:00Z")
Are we talking about the healing properties claimed by acupuncturists or its supposed anasthetic properties? And would that make cecil’s reply different? ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2000, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acupuncture-a-clarification/1174/2 "2000-04-03T00:12:00Z")
Both. The column: [http://www.straightdope.com/columns/000324.html](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/000324.html) Other threads: [Does acupuncture really work?](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000590.html) [Acupuncture works…at least for me](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000592.html) From the Column, Cecil said: > [@](#): > > Acupuncture enthusiasts say it will cure everything from cholera to overbite, but few of these claims can be taken seriously. > Acupuncture is widely used to treat addiction, for example, but there’s little solid evidence it does any good. It’s not even clear that acupuncture is all that effective in treating pain, its most basic use. ---
**Author:** ![mrsphlem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b77776/32.png) [@mrsphlem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrsphlem)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2000, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acupuncture-a-clarification/1174/3 "2000-04-09T19:45:00Z")
Thanx…got sidetracked by the Qi stuff