Mausmish

I forget that for those without formal training in rhetoric, logic and syllyogisms that what is obvious to me needs to explicated in excruciating detail. Yes, I know how condescending that sounds, but it's the same for my quantum physicist friends in dealing with homeopaths etc. I imagine as a mathematician, when you see studies like the SLK accupunture one where the analyst takes the 1-10 pain scale level we all are used to and then makes it a 1 to 100 for his purposes even though the patients in the underlaying studies used the 1-10. It's not as newsworthy to say the patient saw a half point drop in pain from 4 to three and a half as it is to say the patient had a five point pain drop but it's also not how honest mathematicians fudge figures
But in answer to your question, most posters will not read the full studies but I link to them anyway. It's no secret to anyone who has studied martial arts that there are linkages of muscles and nerves where pressure can produce pain. When you have unnamed western physicians (like Dr. OZ or Bernie Segal? or other quackademics hold a "view", that is not "a valid scientific study or any competent not faked research".. Your quote is not a contrasting statement, it's just validation of my point. I know the woo woo all like words to mean whatever they want to mean, but this is not even close. At least you read the whole article, but alas fell victim to their clever illogic. Plus making up a whole new justification that just ignores the history and theory of accupunture's Qi essential basis, means we are no longer talking about accupuncture but about finally realizing that actual human touch and massage does stimulate blood flow etc .
It's crazy that woo woo like accupuncture gets insurance coverage and theraputic massage does not, especially for cancer patients.
Charm