meridians

Hey guys, Is anyone here an insider as to know how acceptable is the eastern theory of the energetic meridians as it relates to explain how acupuncture works? I mean, in bad english, I know: How experimentally verifiable is this theory? Is it possible to verify that, by placing pins at the...

The local (KMOV-TV) news last night ran a segment on a "miraculous" weight-loss technique that has the side benefits of producing less stress, improved general health, etc, etc. I watched the segment: http://www.kmov.com/video/topvideo-index.html?nvid=247220 (streaming video) Which has a...

I'm doing a short massage course, which seems like a nice thing to learn. The instructor seemed on the whole knowledgable about anatomy and didn't say anything weird about mysterious 'energies'. But he did say that eastern "meridians" are now being used in western medicine and that it's all...