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spheric said:

StrangeDays said:

spheric said:

mrshow said:

"And one night at about 10 o'clock at night -- this is now months into it -- Steve calls and says, 'I have the best acupuncturist in the world and I'm going to bring her to you tonight and she's going to fix you," Forstall said.

Yeah, it was the the acupuncture.  #eyeroll

If you watch Forstall's account of what happened, yep. 

Regardless of what he said, acupuncture doesn't kill viral infections. It's just another form of woo...

It killed the nausea. At that point, there was something wrong with his involuntary nervous system. The viral infection had long gone, but done some damage. 

It is not exactly disputed that acupuncture can affect the involuntary nervous system, even if we aren't quite sure how it works.

Actually, the issue is called "gastroparesis" and is sometimes the result of a virus that has cleared the system.  The viral infection causes the causes the muscles and nerves of the stomach to shut down temporarily (a normal function to expel the virus).  What happens is that after the virus is no longer in the system, the body does not re-engage normal function.  As a result, one experiences what Scott experienced.  The acupuncture would have stimulated the nerves and muscles of the stomach to begin working normally again.