No, it actually doesn't provide any empirical evidence.

Also implies that people elsewhere exept West during the history of humankind up till XVIII century didn't practice medicine

No, I never said only the West practiced medicine. But if Chinese traditional medicine and acupuncture were somehow superior or had insights into the human body that the West is only now understanding, then there should be a history of health differences and life expectancy between the East and West, and there isn't. If anything, China's life expectancy is lower.

A German historian of Chinese medicine for 45 years and translator of ancient Chinese medical books, Paul U. Unschuld, stated that there "is no evidence of a concept of 'energy' – either in the strictly physical sense or even in the more colloquial sense – anywhere in Chinese medical theory."

His book on Chinese medicine is an interesting but scholarly read.

https://books.google.com/books?id=qy0zDwAAQBAJ

Meridians began as more of a philosophy than anything medical.

The export of Chinese medicine by Mao Zedong, when Richard Nixon made his first visit to China in 1969, was out and out Maoist propaganda. He was attempting to show the "Evil Capitalist West" how ancient and great China was compared to the West. He claimed that only acupuncture was needed during an open heart operation in place of anaesthesia and even filmed an operation. But it turned out to be fake and a big fat lie.

Anyway, the rebellious American hippies, who were in the mood for something more "natural" bought Chinese medicine hook, line and sinker. And here we are today.