Question

Acupuncture is an alternative medicine that uses wire-thin needles inserted by a trained practitioner into specific points in the body. This ancient form of pain relief and stimulation is said to benefit patients by blocking channels which practitioners claim allow pain to travel within the body. This practice became more widely recognized and used after a New York Times reporter wrote in 1971 of a positive experience with it after surgery. Those who doubt the effectiveness of this treatment for pain attribute the pain relief to a placebo effect: if a patient believes something will reduce

Answer 1

If a patient believes something will reduce, their minds cause their bodies to take that reduction into effect.

Answer 2

Answer:

if a patient believes something will reduce their pain, they will experience some relief.

Explanation:

Acupuncture was already considered an esoteric technique, since it was based on a little deep knowledge, where the patient's conviction that his pain would be diminished provided a relief from the inconvenience, but acupuncture was recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a and was also listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.