I got food poisoning once in Korea. Imagine that? Lol. I was SICK. They took me to the hospital. TheER people said they couldn't help me and sent me to the eastern medicine wing. They laid me out on a slab and started acupuncture. That stuff HURT. He'd jam a needle in and when he hit the pain nerve he jiggled it. Some lady on the slab next to me was screaming in pain. But damned if it didn't work. I went to a museum that afternoon. The next day it began to wear off and I was pretty sick again for a few days. But I was stunned at how it was seriously worth the pain. It really worked.