Indications
The World Health Organization (WHO) recognizes the use of acupuncture in the effective treatment of a wide range of common illnesses including:
Adverse reactions to radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy
Allergic rhinitis (including hay fever)
Biliary colic
Depression (including depressive neurosis and depression following stroke)
Dysentery
Dysmenorrhoea
Epigastralgia, acute (in peptic ulcer, acute and chronic gastritis, and gastrospasm)
Facial pain (including craniomandibular disorders)
Headache
Hypertension
Hypotension
Induction of labour
Knee pain
Leukopenia
Low back pain
Malposition of fetus
Morning sickness
Nausea and vomiting
Neck pain
Pain in dentistry (including dental pain and temporomandibular dysfunction)
Periarthritis of shoulder
Postoperative pain
Renal colic
Rheumatoid arthritis
Sciatica
Sprain
Stroke
Tennis elbow
If your medical condition is not mentioned on the above list, you are welcome to contact me for enquiries.
For downloading the full report of WHO, click here.