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4. Nope. Click through to my link, above.

All acupuncture studies that show positive results have common traits.

* They are unblinded, which should condemn them outright.
* They show results that are no better than placebo, which should condemn them outright.
* If there is anything studies show is that it does not matter where one sticks the needles; it does not even matter if one sticks needles. In other words, acupuncture is a failed medical modality.
* Acupuncture is an invasive procedure. People are sticking actual needles into people. It is unethical to perform such a thing which shows absolutely no efficacy beyond placebo.

I will repeat my link to medical studies on acupuncture: https://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/reference/acupuncture/

Acupuncture is utter rubbish.

There is no such thing as Xi. It is magical thinking, which is also rubbish. Remember, "Xi spelt backwards is crap." (Perry DeAngelis -- a skeptic of some note)