Episode 412 • • 1:47:58 - 1:54:25
412: Red Square Patch
Acupuncture Experience and Mercury in the Brain Claim
A personal account of a visit to an acupuncturist in Austin describes a "high" sensation during the procedure and a diagnostic technique involving muscle resistance. The practitioner claimed to identify mercury encapsulated in the brain from a childhood vaccine as the cause of Tourette's syndrome. The validity of the "muscle testing" method is debated, with suggestions that it may be a manifestation of the placebo effect.