Twenty years ago the principles of acupuncture were not scientifically proven, and yet she had clearly found the treatment effective. Dr. Tsuei describes her reaction as being "faced with an intellectual challenge."
廿年前，針灸的原理尚未經科學驗證，這種「知其然，不知其所以然」的醫療方式居然在自己的身上看到立竿見影的功效，崔玖形容當時的心情，像「面臨了一個知識上的挑戰」、「無法用一句缺乏科學根據就輕易帶過」。