Conditions Effectively Treated with Acupuncture.
The WHO recognizes 63 conditions or symptoms proven by research to be effectively treated by Acupuncture, or provide a therapeutic effect.
This list is not inclusive of all conditions and symptoms that we treat effectively with acupuncture.
General Health.
Insomnia
Side Effects of chemotherapy
Allergic rhinitis
Asthma
Pruritus (itch)
Neurodermatitis
Herpes zoster
Diabetes
Ménière disease (Tinnitus)
Hypertension, essential
Hypotension, primary
Obesity
Raynaud syndrome, primary
Sjögren syndrome
Facial spasm
Leukopenia (decreased white blood cells)
Stroke
Bell’s palsy
Traumatic Brain Injury (Craniocerebral injury)
Tourette syndrome
Nausea and vomiting
Gastritis
Ulcerative colitis, chronic
Kidney and Urinary stones
Cholecystitis
Prostatitis, chronic
Recurrent urinary-tract infection
Pain.
Low back pain
Sciatica
Headache
Knee pain
Neck pain
Facial pain (including craniomandibular disorders)
Pain from dentistry (including dental pain and TMJ)
Shoulder pain/ Periarthritis of shoulder
Postoperative pain
Rheumatoid arthritis
Sprain
Tennis elbow
Abdominal pain
Cancer pain
Competition stress syndrome
Earache
Fibromyalgia and fasciitis
Gouty arthritis
Osteoarthritis
Sore throat (including tonsillitis)
Spine pain, acute
Stiff neck
Temporomandibular joint dysfunction
Hormones.
Female infertility
Dysmenorrhoea
Induction of labour
Malposition of fetus
Morning sickness
Lactation, deficiency
Polycystic ovary syndrome
Premenstrual syndrome
Male sexual dysfunction
Mental Health/Addiction
Depression
Competition stress syndrome
Alcohol dependence and detoxification
Tobacco dependence
Opium, cocaine and heroin dependence