There's actually study evidence that shows accupressure and accupuncture do indeed work.

As a patient of a world renowned 5 Element acupuncturist for the past 7 years, I can assure you that Traditional Chinese Medicine is neither fanciful nor invalid. I would recommend actually utilizing this form of medicine before you decide it lacks efficacy.

"Acupressure is based on the fanciful and invalid notions"

No one is saying that you can do Acupressure and eat cheeseburgers and live to 100... but there is something to be said for the fact that Acupressure is a natural way of healing vs. "modern" medicine which is just synthetic chemicals. The major problem with the way we do medicine in this country is that we subscribe…

"Alternate thrusting your tongue against the roof of your mouth, then pressing between your eyebrows with one finger. This causes the vomer bone, which runs through the nasal passages to the mouth, to rock back and forth, says Lisa DeStefano, D.O., an assistant professor at the Michigan State University college of…

And yet amazingly villages in China (the ones untouched by "industrialization" and "modern medicine") that practice nothing but traditional Chinese medicine have some of the healthiest people in the world, who seem to have no trouble living into their late 90s and have better quality of life than the rich in our…

While some of the explanations in TCM might be "woo"... the effects aren't, as has been demonstrated in innumerable studies, as well as practically (even with battlefield injuries.)