tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19763280.post7621405766552837725..comments2023-09-17T07:22:31.472-04:00Comments on The Armchair Critic: Private Practice, Season One, ABC Televisiondigitaldochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13568754021777120336noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19763280.post-58012661389700599732007-11-23T07:44:00.000-05:002007-11-23T07:44:00.000-05:00I would have no problem with a more reasonable use...I would have no problem with a more reasonable use of acupuncture (both on or off the show...), but as the only anesthesia for a C-section, it's rather implausible. From my understanding, the pins used for an acupuncture treatment are quite small, and they really don't cause pain in the area they're being inserted. If they did, what would be the point except to distract the patient from the digitaldochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13568754021777120336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19763280.post-70420217884859203412007-11-22T23:11:00.000-05:002007-11-22T23:11:00.000-05:00That's hilarious; even in China, people who use ac...That's hilarious; even in China, people who use acupuncture for anesthesia use it in conjunction with drugs (they just end up using less of the drug).<BR/><BR/>Plus, on one episode the acupuncture guy gave some woman a treatment and said "You're going to cry" then she did. On the other hand, in real life acupuncturists merely tell people who seem like they bottle things up "you might cry during chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16572208226077419271noreply@blogger.com