Disorders
In approved acupuncture trials carried out over the last 3 decades the World Health Organization observed, “acupuncture was proven through controlled trial to be an effective treatment” for a wide variety of conditions. It was also found that acupuncture was more effective for treating certain conditions than western medical treatments.
Download WHO Acupuncture Trials Report for the complete report published in
2002.
The following is a shortened list from that report.
1. Diseases, symptoms or conditions for which acupuncture has been proved-through controlled trials-to be an effective treatment:
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Adverse reactions to
radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy Allergic rhinitis Depression Dysentery, acute bacillary Dysmenorrhoea, primary Epigastria Facial pain Headache Induction of labour Knee pain Low back pain Malposition of fetus, correction of |
Morning
sickness Nausea and vomiting Neck pain Pain in dentistry (including dental pain and temporomandibular dysfunction) Periarthritis of shoulder Postoperative pain Rheumatoid arthritis Sciatica Sprain Stroke Tennis elbow |
2. Diseases, symptoms or conditions for which the therapeutic effect of
acupuncture has been shown but for which further proof is needed:
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Abdominal pain Acne vulgaris Alcohol dependence and detoxification Bell’s palsy Bronchial asthma Cancer pain Competition stress syndrome Craniocerebral injury, closed Diabetes mellitus, non-insulin-dependent Earache Epidemic haemorrhagic fever Epistaxis, simple (without generalized or local disease) Eye pain due to subconjunctival injection Female infertility Facial spasm Fibromyalgia and fasciitis Gouty arthritis Herpes zoster Hyperlipaemia Insomnia Labour pain Lactation, deficiency Male sexual dysfunction, non-organic |
Ménière disease Neuralgia, post-herpetic Neurodermatitis Obesity Opium, cocaine and heroin dependence Osteoarthritis Pain due to endoscopic examination Premenstrual syndrome Prostatitis, chronic Radicular and pseudoradicular pain syndrome Raynaud syndrome, primary Recurrent lower urinary-tract infection Reflex sympathetic dystrophy Schizophrenia Sjögren syndrome Sore throat (including tonsillitis) Spine pain, acute Stiff neck Temporomandibular joint dysfunction Tobacco dependence Tourette syndrome Ulcerative colitis, chronic Whooping cough (pertussis) |