There has been research into the existence of acupuncture meridians and energy pathways. The reason that research is limited is because of the symptomatic drug-oriented prejudice of modern medicine and science, driven by commercial motives. Please refer to the research which has been done in Chinese hospitals regarding the efficacy of herbal medicine. If you examine western medical techniques honestly, you will find that most therapies are not effective in the long run in healing degenerative diseases and most chronic problems. Oriental medicine is based on a different premise than modern medicine.
Oriental medicine is energetic.
It has survived not through belief, but because it works. Second, evidence that the herbal methods of Chinese tradition are at least comparable in safety and efficacy is lacking. In any case, without the profit motive, medical research might come to a crawl. I feel compelled to write after reading the article because I feel it lacked a firm scientific basis, in several instances, to back claims made against individuals and their respective suggested treatment of disease. It's difficult to know what is right and what is wrong in the field of medicine.