"As the surgeon begins, the success of the operation depends not just on his skill, but on the power of acupuncture.” That shows that the results of the open-heart procedure were indeed attributed to the "power of acupuncture"."

Nice bit of linguistic distortion there dude. What about "not just" do you not understand?

Perhaps you wouild like to volunteer for an experiment to see if the needles work as well or better than placebo.