Conditions that Acupunture can treat
Landmark
review of clinical trials
The following listing is from the World Health Organization’s publication "Acupuncture: Review and analysis of reports on controlled clinical trials" which was published in 2002. It reports conditions which have been successfully treated with acupuncture:
Cardiovascular Disorders
- Essential hypertension
Neurological Disorders
- Headache and migraine
- Trigeminal neuralgia
- Facial palsy (early stage, within three to six months)
- Paresis following stroke
- Peripheral neuropathies
- Meniere’s Disease
- Nocturnal enuresis
- Cervicobrachial syndrome
- Neurogenic bladder dysfunction
- Intercostal neuralgia
- Disc problems
Musculo-skeletal Disorders
- Muscle pain, swelling, stiffness and weakness
- Localized traumatic injuries, sprains, strains, tendonitis, contractures
- Arthritis
- Fibromyalgia
- Work and sports related injuries
- Low back pain
- Osteoarthritis
- "Frozen shoulder," "tennis elbow"
- Sciatica
Respiratory System Disorders
- Acute sinusitis
- Acute rhinitis
- Common cold
- Acute tonsillitis
- Acute bronchitis
- Bronchial asthma
Disorders of the Eye, Ear, Nose & Mouth
- Acute conjunctivitis
- Central retinitis
- Myopia (in children)
- Cataract (without complications)
- Toothaches, post extraction pain
- Gingivitis
- Acute and chronic pharyngitis
Gastrointestinal Disorders
- Spasms of esophagus and cardia
- Irritable bowel and colitis
- Hiccough
- Gastroptosis
- Acute and chronic gastritis
- Gastric hyperacidity
- Chronic duodenal ulcer (pain relief)
- Acute duodenal ulcer (without complication)
- Acute and chronic colitis
- Constipation
- Diarrhea
- Acute bacillary dysentery
- Paralytic ileus
Gynecological Disorders
- Infertility (Not WHO recognized. Clinical experience proves effective.)
- PMS
- Dysmenorrhea
- Menopause syndrome
- Benign irregular menstruation
- Benign amenorrhea
Psychological Disorders
- Depression
- Anxiety
- OCD
- PTSD
- Somatization disorder
- Hypersomnia
- Insomnia
Other Disorders
- Withdrawal from street and pharmacological drugs
- Appetite suppression