Tweet (NaturalNews) It’s odd that studies are being done to “prove” certain medical arts have positive effects even after they’ve proven beneficial over centuries. This seems to be the case with Traditional Chinese Medicine’s (TCM) and its most widely practiced methodology, acupuncture. A meta-analysis is an overarching analysis of several clinical or laboratory study results with a similar purpose or theme to determine the validity of a basic thread or foundation. The Kyung Hee University Acupuncture and Meridian Science Research Center in Seoul, Korea published the following study in March of 2013: “Inserting needles into the body: a meta-analysis of brain activity associated with acupuncture needle stimulation.” The researchers used 28 brain.