A medical website I blog on has been discussing "permanent" acupuncture in humans, but one of the bloggers also posted this:
"Needle embedding involves permanently implanting tens, hundreds, or thousands of
metal fragments. In 1976, the Japanese Acupuncture and Moxibustion Association
tried stopping their members from practicing it, though “ome practitioners do not
abide by the recommendation and are ignorant of the results of malpractice.”
Simultaneously, veterinary acupuncturists in North America adopted the technique and
renamed it “gold bead therapy”. In addition to needle fragments, veterinarians embed
stainless steel “beads” and gold-plated magnets, often unsterile."
Apparently it is sometimes done on dogs, also horses. Do any of you know whether this is done to horses in SA? The metal fragments can "migrate" in the body, to various organs, and can kill or maim people and animals.
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