ACUPUNCTURE: REVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF REPORTS ON CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS

An anonymous reply to one of my acupuncture  posts  pointed out the WHO paper suggesting that if WHO approves acupuncture it must work.
Here is the actual WHO paper. 87 pages in all
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCUQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fapps.who.int%2Fmedicinedocs%2Fpdf%2Fs4926e%2Fs4926e.pdf&ei=kbh4VK-IFvK1sQTVqYDACw&usg=AFQjCNFcWt9qWQnuZoSxIvu2rwmt3UkLfw&sig2=THvfYL25Peblo6khcc8Q9A&bvm=bv.80642063,d.cWc
This line seems to indicate the only reason for the report is that it is widely used. Being widely used is no claim of efficacy.
In recognition of the increasing worldwide interest in the subject, the World Health Organization (WHO) conducted a symposium on acupuncture in June 1979 in Beijing, China. Physicians practising acupuncture in different countries were invited to identify the conditions that might benefit from this therapy. The participants drew up a list of 43 suitable diseases. However, this list of indications was not based on formal clinical trials conducted in a rigorous scientific manner, and its credibility has been questioned.
Page 29 has this
1. Diseases, symptoms or conditions for which acupuncture has been proved—through controlled trials—to be an effective treatment:
But they don't list the clinical trials that prove it works, thus with no proof there is no reason to believe it works. Appeal to WHO authority does not cut it for me.
Nowhere in here does it explain how acupuncture is supposed to work except as a placebo.

My reasons for not believing acupuncture does anything are here;

Neuro-Acupuncture and Stroke

and this:

Acupuncture is a theatrical placebo: the end of a myth - DC's Improbable Science

 It's up to you and your doctor how you want to handle this.