Well, I've managed to find an acupuncture news item in another unusual place - in the "Seasons of the Garden" column of Mother Earth News.  This column covers backyard gardening news and this month's edition has a piece on acupuncture for corn.  Apparently, when a toothpick is stuck through the base of an ear of sweet corn, the ear ripens earlier and has extra sweetness!  The way it works is that sugar concentrates near plants wounds.  Actually, a lot my clients seem sweeter after acupuncture, so I think this theory applies to humans as well.   

http://www.motherearthnews.com/Organic-Gardening/1985-07-01/The-Seasons-of-the-Garden.aspx