ABSTRACT
Acupuncture has a tendency to be contentious. All manner of news media are filled with information that can be considered as misleading. One example is found in an issue of Consumer Reports [1]. The magazine describes how a patient diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus received acupuncture treatments. Reports that a disease of this nature can be treated with acupuncture will surely draw a great deal of skepticism from people with medical sophistication. Obviously, acupuncture is neither a panacea nor a charade. The treatments, without a doubt, can produce good to excellent results, as presented in the previous chapter. They can also be ineffective and produce poor results. Most of the results obtained from acupuncture treatments will be appropriately described as mixed and limited. Thus, we have the title for this chapter.
