Acupuncture as effective energy medicine:
First, acupuncture as energy medicine... Because acupuncture is a qi-based system, I think it is appropriate to call it energy medicine.
Is it effective? That's not entirely for me to say. It depends for what and for whom. There are some things for which it has been scientifically 'proven' to be effective. But largely, the process of Western scientific inquiry is not set up to consider and hold whole systems - it is far more reductionistic and requires looking at, measuring, one little aspect. Energy medicine, by its nature, is more encompassing.
What conclusions can you draw from Kirlian photography?
I actually spent a lot of time searching for scientific research on Kirlian photography. I failed to find much. Mostly, it was generic descriptions or people attempting to critique and debunk it. Perhaps this lack of available information is due to its development in the 1930s in Russia - apparently any research from that period and place is not available online in English. I think it's really interesting, but I can't personally draw any conclusions about Kirlian photography.
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