Dead Horse...

I'm not a Christian (so called or not) but that was an unfortunate joke. I hope your mom is a member of Mudcat and catches you saying things like that.

Like nearly all medical treatments, accupunture works best when prescribed in concert with other forms of treatments. And Chinese medicine practitioner worth his or her MSG would always look at the whole range of treatments.

I have a friend that is a Psychologist, Accupunturist/Accupressurist, Homeopath and Chinese Herb prescriber. His education of the traditional medicines took as long as did his psychology degree. With the combination, he has a healthy practice that functions much like a typical psychiatrists practice without all the scary Western drugs.

pax yall