A woman’s lung was punctured by acupuncture because she was too thin. Is there any scientific basis for acupuncture?

This question, first of all, is not that acupuncture has no scientific basis. Acupuncture has been passed down for thousands of years. Even if it has not yet been able to explain its rationality with the current science, it is not because of this. The incident must be investigated to determine whether it has a scientific basis. What should be investigated in this incident is whether the acupuncturist is qualified to practice medicine. ?

First of all, let’s recap the news itself: Ms. Wang, a 35-year-old Changsha citizen, is thin. Recently, she went to a massage parlor to use acupuncture to treat shoulder pain. Unexpectedly, a few needles punctured her lung, causing a severe pneumothorax and nearly killing her. . First of all, Ms. Wang went to a massage parlor for treatment. What is the nature of this massage parlor? It is acceptable for cupping and the like to appear in massage parlors, but how come acupuncture, a particularly high-tech medical treatment, appears in massage parlors?

At the same time, on May 11, experts from the cardiothoracic surgery department of Changsha Central Hospital reminded that citizens should go to qualified medical institutions for acupuncture treatment. This sentence should imply that this massage parlor has no qualifications and is just a beauty parlor under the guise of traditional Chinese medicine. It is this kind of people who, in recent years, have completely blackened the word "TCM".

Then things are very clear. This has nothing to do with being too thin. The art of acupuncture has been passed down since ancient times. It varies from person to person. As far as physical constitution is concerned, formal Chinese medicine, There must be methods for slimming people when administering acupuncture, but the "TCM" at the massage parlor where Ms. Wang works does not have such methods.

In this way, for the pneumothorax caused by this accident, first of all, acupuncture should not be blamed, and secondly, being too thin should not be blamed. The main responsibility for this incident lies with the "TCM doctor" who performed the acupuncture ", note that this Chinese medicine doctor is in quotation marks, because as mentioned in the news, the hospital's reminder stated that this institution is not a listed medical institution.

Therefore, in this incident, there was no discussion of the scientific basis of acupuncture. It was an accident caused by unlicensed medical practice, and it was also a crisis of trust caused by the rampant pseudo-TCM.