What Can You Treat with Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine?

Collectively the World Health Organization (WHO) and the National Institutes for Heath (NIH) have defined what ailments acupuncture and oriental medicine can definitely treat. These ailments include:

Addiction	Neurological & Musculo-skeletal Disorders
Smoking Cessation Drugs Alcohol	Fatigue Arthritis Back pain Neck pain Trigeminal Neuralgia Facial Palsy (Early Stage -- within 3-6 months) Stroke Rehab. Support Knee Pain Tennis Elbow Tendentious Bursitis Nocturnal Enuresis Frozen Shoulder Peripheral Neuropathy Intercostal Neuralgia Fibromyalgia Myofacial Pain Sciatica Sprains & Strains Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Emotional & Psychological
Anxiety Depression Insomnia Stress Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Eye, Ear, Nose, & Throat
Acute & Chronic Sinusitis Rhinitis Ringing in the Ears Ear Ache Sore Throat Acute Conjunctivitis
Disorders of the Head	Dermatological
Headaches Migraines Dizziness Meniere's Disease	Psorisasis Hives Eczema Acne
Disorders of the Mouth	Gynecological Disorders
Toothache Post-operative dental pain TMJ	Menstrual Cramps PMS Painful Periods Labor Induction Irregular Periods Morning Sickness Menopause Symptoms Habitual Miscarriages Infertility Urinary Tract Infections (UTI)
Respiratory
Acute Bronchitis Common Cold & Flu Asthma Acute Tonsillitis
Gastrointestinal	Immunological
Colitis Constipation Diarrhea Acute & Chronic Gastritis Hiccough Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Ulcers Gastric Hyperacidity Nausea Vommiting	Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Allergies Shingles Lupus Support Epstein Barr Virus

Says WHO?

Acupuncture is recognized and endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the National Institute of Health (NIH). See below for the acupuncture statement from the National Institute of Health.

NIH Statement:

The NIH (National Institutes of Health) Consensus Statement on Acupuncture "Acupuncture as a therapeutic intervention is widely practiced in the United States. While there have been many studies of its potential usefulness, many of these studies provide equivocal results because of design, sample size, and other factors. The issue is further complicated by inherent difficulties in the use of appropriate controls, such as placebos and sham acupuncture groups. However, promising results have emerged, for example, showing efficacy of acupuncture in adult post-operative and chemotherapy nausea and vomiting and in post-operative dental pain. There are other situations such as addiction, stroke rehabilitation, headache, menstrual cramps, tennis elbow, fibromyalgia, myofacial pain, osteoarthritis, low back pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, and asthma where acupuncture may be useful as an adjunct treatment or an acceptable alternative or be included in a comprehensive management program. Further research is likely to uncover additional areas where acupuncture interventions will be useful."

This NIH Consensus statement was prepared by a non-advocate, non-Federal panel of experts, based on presentations by investigators working in areas relevant to the consensus on November 5, 1997.