What We Treat
The World Health Organization
Acupuncture: review and analysis of reports on controlled clinical trials 2003
The following are some conditions acupuncture has demonstrated – through controlled trials – to be effective treating
Miscellaneous
- Chemotherapy adverse reactions
- Fibromyalgia
- Insomnia
- Raynaud Syndrome
- Sjogren Syndrome
- Chronic Fatigue
Gynecological
- Dysmenorrhea
- Induction of Labour
- Morning Sickness
- Female Urethral Syndrome
- Premenstrual Syndrome
- Recurrent Lower Urinary-Tract
Infection
Eye-Ear-Nose-Throat
- Allergic Rhinitis (Including Hay Fever)
- Tinnitus
- Sinusitis
Emotional/Behavioral Health
- Depression
- Stress Syndrome
- Anxiety
- Insomnia
- Nervousness
- Neurosis
Digestive
- Epigastralgia
- Nausea/Vomiting
- Constipation
- Abdominal Pain
Pain
- Headache
- Knee Pain
- Low Back Pain
- Neck Pain
- TMJ Pain
- Post Operative Pain
- Arthritis Pain
- Rheumatoid Arthritis Pain
- Osteo Arthritis Pain
- Sciatica
- Sprain
- Tennis Elbow
- Abdominal Pain
- Cancer Pain
Musculoskeletal
- Chemotherapy adverse reactions
Neurological
- Bell’s Palsy
- Facial Spasm
- Meniere Disease
- Shingles (Post-Herpetic) Neuralgia
- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
- Pruritis
National Institutes of Health
Consensus Statement on Acupuncture 1997
“Acupuncture may be useful as an adjunct treatment, an acceptable alternative, or be included in a comprehensive management program for conditions including:
Comprehensive Management Program
- Carpal Tunnel
- Tennis Elbow
- Post-op & Chemo Induced Vomiting & Nausea
- Fibromyalgia
- Sjogren Syndrome
- Chronic Fatigue
- Osteoarthritis
- Low-Back Pain
- Myofascial Pain
- Asthma