For a long time now, I’ve been trying to figure out how to explain the legitimacy of acupuncture despite the limits of science in explaining how or why it works. The fact that acupuncture is effective in treating animals, which is evidence that placebo effect is not the only thing at play here, often falls on ears that are not open (this was brought to my attention by Michael Smith a founder of NADA).

The folks at City Acupuncture of New York did an excellent job and covering this topic here, sometimes it best just to leave it to the pros.