Es tut mir leid, Wolfgang. I guess my defenses were up based on some of the past threads where we've tangled on other such controversial subjects and others did drop out because it became too uncomfortable for them to express opposing views.

FWIW, I do not agree with most of what that site has to say about acupuncture and I would hope anyone contemplating it would do more research and speak to a practitioner, as well as other people who've experienced it, before dismissing it as just some 2,000 yr. old "folk rememdy."

That's it for me. Thanks for the interesting discussion.

kat