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The following is the World Health Organization’s now famous list of diseases that lend themselves to treatment by acupuncture:

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Cardiovascular Disorders

  • Essential hypertension

 

Neurological Disorders

  • Cervicobrachial syndrome

  • Disc problems

  • Facial palsy (early stage, within three to six months)

  • Headache and migraine

  • Intercostal neuralgia

  • Meniere’s Disease

  • Neurogenic bladder dysfunction

  • Nocturnal enuresis

  • Paresis following stroke

  • Peripheral neuropathies

  • Trigeminal neuralgia

 

Musculo-skeletal Disorders

  • Arthritis

  • Fibromyalgia

  • “Frozen shoulder”, “tennis elbow”

  • Localized traumatic injuries, sprains, strains, tendonitis, contractures

  • Low back pain

  • Muscle pain, swelling, stiffness and weakness

  • Osteoarthritis

  • Sciatica

  • Work and sports related injuries

Respiratory System Disorders

  • Acute bronchitis

  • Acute rhinitis

  • Acute sinusitis

  • Acute tonsillitis

  • Bronchial asthma

  • Common cold

 

Disorders of the Eye, Ear, Nose & Mouth

  • Acute and chronic pharyngitis

  • Acute conjunctivitis

  • Cataract (without complications)

  • Central retinitis

  • Gingivitis

  • Myopia (in children)

  • Toothaches, post extraction pain

 

Gastrointestinal Disorders

  • Acute and chronic colitis

  • Acute and chronic gastritis

  • Acute bacillary dysentery

  • Acute duodenal ulcer (without complication)

  • Chronic duodenal ulcer (pain relief)

  • Constipation

  • Gastric hyperacidity

  • Gastroptosis

  • Diarrhea

  • Hiccough

  • Irritable bowel and colitis 

  • Paralytic ileus

  • Spasms of esophagus and cardia 

Gynecological Disorders

  • Benign amenorrhea

  • Benign irregular menstruation

  • Dysmenorrhea

  • Infertility (Not WHO recognized. Clinical experience proves effective.)

  • Menopause syndrome

  • PMS

 

Psychological Disorders

  • Anxiety 

  • Depression 

  • Hypersomnia

  • Insomnia

  • OCD 

  • PTSD 

  • Somatization disorder 

 

Other Disorders

  • Appetite suppression

  • Withdrawal from street and pharmacological drugs 

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