This is all so interesting!! I wish that acupuncture was more accessible to the public! I have a very conflicted opinion of chemo treatment, I don't even know if it should be called a therapy -- though I agree that it can save lives, I also feel that it is a blanket remedy that isn't suitable for everyone.
My 88 year old Grandfather just died a few months ago from the side-affects of chemo treatment recommended by a private cancer center. In the end he had a very disastrous last few weeks and suffered several strokes, and the hospital we ended up taking him to thought that he should have never been treated with chemo to begin with at his advanced age. He of course would have died eventually but the chemo weakened him so much, caused the strokes, and he lost mobility and ability to take care of himself within months when previously he had been very active and fit despite (unknowingly) living with a slow growing cancer.
I'm very sorry to hear about your grandfather, I hope you and your family are doing okay.
I agree with you about chemo not being a blanket remedy. The unfortunate reality is that clinics make a lot of money off of the medicine they sell people, even if its not the best medicine for that particular person.
Medicine across all traditions in the modern world suffer from a severe lack of insight into the specific circumstances of the individual. There are stories of the ancient Feng Shi from 8,000 years ago that were so well versed in astrology, calendar science, feng shui, herbology and acupuncture that they would give their patients instructions like "stand on one foot while drinking this herbal tea at this time in the morning while facing north-east" and the patients tumors would disappear. Nowadays everybody gets the same medication for the same condition and we're surprised when it doesn't work..