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Acupuncture Research
A National Institutes of Health report (NIH Consensus Statement, v15, #5, 1997; p19) states that acupuncture treats:
OSTEOARTHRITIS
LOW BACK PAIN
MYOFASCIAL PAIN
MYOFASCIAL PAIN
CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME
HEADACHES
TENNIS ELBOW
ASTHMA
POST-OPERATIVE DENTAL PAIN
ADDICTION
STROKE REHABILITATION
FIBROMYALGIA
POST-OPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING
CHEMOTHERAPY NAUSEA AND VOMITING
HEADACHES
TENNIS ELBOW
ASTHMA
POST-OPERATIVE DENTAL PAIN
ADDICTION
STROKE REHABILITATION
FIBROMYALGIA
POST-OPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING
CHEMOTHERAPY NAUSEA AND VOMITING
Another study released in December 2004 reports of the effectiveness of acupuncture in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis. Dr. Straus, director of the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine notes, “... a clinical trial with sufficient rigor, size, and duration has shown that acupuncture reduces the pain and functional impairment of osteoarthritis of the knee.”
World Health Organization (WHO)
The World Health Organization notes that acupuncture treats the following conditions:
Musculo-Skeletal and Neurological
• arthritis
• back pain
• Bell's palsy
• bursitis
• cerebral palsy
• headache
• neuralgia
• polio
• sciatica
• sprains
• stiff neck
• stroke
• tendonitis
• trigeminal neuralgia
Internal Medicine
• asthma
• colitis
• constipation
• diabetes
• diarrhea
• hemorrhoids
• high blood pressure
• hypoglycemia
• indigestion
• ulcers
Mental-Emotional
• anxiety
• depression
• insomnia
• stress• acne
• eczema
• herpes
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• deafness
• dizziness
• earaches
• eyesight problems
• sinus infection
• sore throat
• tinnitus
Genito-Urinary and Reproductive
• impotence
• infertility
• irregular periods or cramps
• morning sickness
• pre-menstrual syndrome (PMS)
• pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)
• vaginitis
Infections
• bronchitis
• colds
• diabetes
• flu
• hepatitis
