Why it’s so hard to figure out if acupuncture actually works

...or reflexology for that matter?

The researchers ask a simple question: if most of the recommended treatments fail to meet this threshold, why is acupuncture excluded while arguably more invasive procedures are included? But as patients, we should perhaps be asking a different question. Why are we being recommended procedures that don’t work?

http://www.popsci.com/does-acupuncture-work