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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I think that it's been tried and did yield similar effects. Unsurprisingly.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

I remember many years ago New Scientist magazine did a review study of many different alternative medicine techniques and found that the only benefits they provided were placebo effect.

Except acupuncture. That was the only one with an effect greater than placebo.