Акупунктура

I used to scoff at the whole idea of acupuncture. You get pricked by little needles and they're supposed to cure each and every imaginable nuisance? Head ache, back ache, ear ache, stomach ache because of a milk shake and a big chunk of cake -- Whatever the problem, acupuncture will solve it. Poke a needle in the ear, another on the toe maybe, a third and maybe fourth on the forehead and VOILA...or should it be ABRACADABRA because the act seems closer to mystical magic than anything else. I used to scoff but I scoff no more. I don't know if it's a placebo effect, or maybe the four thousand herbal pills that are combined with the 25 minute treatment, but I've become healthier and more relaxed. There's gotta be something to a thousand year old practice that is still very prevalent not only in China but in Western cultures as well. Those needles are able to somehow hit the right 'cure' spot when applied correctly. Its just remarkably perplexing how it all works...I'll educate myself, one day.