I was reading somewhere that Alzheimer's Disease is from inflammation, too.
on the other hand, a co-worker (PT with a PhD) recently told us about a class she took in "dry needling" where you stick needles in someone to relieve pain by - oddly - creating the inflammation response which then helps with healing and pain relief.
I'm told it is nothing at all like acupuncture* because that would be woo and this is, you know, Physical Therapy.
so, I think the point is we need to understand/know more about inflammation.
*it only looks exactly like acupuncture