Nice to see O'Bama working on getting rid of midnight Bush rules

[kandrathe]

I think the current status is that sticking pins in people seems to have some very minor nausea and pain relief effect, but that it doesn't matter if you're using traditional Chinese methods, or just poking people randomly, it all has basically the same effect. It seems more or less like jabbing people with pins makes for an especially convincing placebo.

My wife gets pins stuck in her by a woman from China twice a week for managing pain, and it helps her reduce the dosage on her other pain medication. She swears by it. I would be pretty hesitant to let anyone stick long needles in me.