Acu as Effective Energy Medicine

Acupuncture is an effective energy medicine.  Qi is a big part of acupuncture and some describe Qi as energy.  As acupuncture does move qi/energy, chemically and physically things are affected in the body.  I do feel so many talk about Acu as energy medicine, but I get a little tired of that.  I do and would like to continue to learn ways to describe acupuncture to people in ways they may understand.  It is only semantics, after all, cause acu works regardless of whether you "believe" in it or not! (in my experience, at least...)