Hey, Ono! Thanks for the comment and I’m happy to hear that your seasonal allergies are gone. That’s great!

But I have to disagree (sorry).

From all I’ve read, acupuncture doesn’t work. Sure, lots of people swear that it does, but anecdotes, arguments from popularity, and arguments from antiquity are not how the efficacy of medical treatments is established. People have been doing bloodletting for centuries because everyone thought it works. George Washington swore by it and it ended up killing him. So just because people say it makes them feel better, doesn’t mean it does.

I know it’s counterintuitive, especially if you “witnessed” it work. But again, lots of people also “witnessed” how bloodletting made them feel better. And it’s not necessarily that you experienced a placebo effect (although that’s one explanation). There are also other explanations why ineffective treatments often seem to work. For instance, it might simply be a case of regression to the mean. As the saying goes, correlation does not imply causation.

Anyway, just wanted to state my point of view (not start an argument).

The important point is that you’re feeling better! :-)

But if you’re curious about the implausibility of acupuncture, here’s a good overview:

https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/reference/acupuncture/

PS: I’m not a medical doctor. But, for what it’s worth, I do have a PhD in a scientific field.