No. It doesn't. A new systematic review of systematic reviews of acupuncture for chronic pain shows just how thin the evidence for acupuncture for chronic pain is. https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/more-evidence-that-acupuncture-doesnt-work-for-chronic-pain/ …https://twitter.com/NIH_NCCIH/status/1215014059281661953 …
Indeed. The filiform needles used for acupuncture not are not ancient. They were an “innovation” introduced just ~90 years ago.