At the suggestion of a friend, I recently tried acupuncture for the first time. My friend is a long-time acupuncture patient and enthusiast. She’s used acupuncture to treat various injuries and ailments and has seen results from it. I’m undergoing treatment for a medical condition, and she suggested that acupuncture could help. After doing a little research, I decided it was worth a try.
I tend to be skeptical of alternative medicine. The world is full of snake-oil salesmen who want to sell us pseudoscientific treatments that seem too good to be true. Though Western medicine has its flaws, I generally trust doctors and research scientists. When someone starts talking about things like adjusting the energy flowing through the body, I raise an eyebrow.