Resources
The following links provide some good inroads to addressing the basic questions:
http://medicineworld.org/alternative/acupuncture/main.html
http://www.acumedico.com/ This fellow is quite bright!!!
http://vtaa.org/ Our state organization website
https://www.evidencebasedacupuncture.org/present-research/acupuncture-scientific-evidence/ A good review of conditions treated