What can acupuncture treat?
Acupuncture treats each person, not the disease, so really there is no limit to what acupuncture can treat. Acupuncture helps the body regain balance thus alleviating symptoms and disease processes.
The World Health Organization has issued a comprehensive list of diseases and conditions which are treatable by acupuncture. Some of the more common conditions are:
• INFECTIONS:
o colds and flus
o bronchitis
o hepatitis
• EYES-EARS-NOSE-THROAT
o deafness
o ringing in the ear (tinnitus)
o menier's disease
o earaches
o poor eyesight
o dizziness
o sinus infections
o sore throat
o hay fever
• INTERNAL
o hypoglycemia
o asthma
o high blood pressure
o ulcers
o colitis
o indigestion
o hemorrhoids
o diarrhea
o constipation
o diabetes
• DERMATOLOGICAL
o eczema
o acne
o herpes
• MUSCULO-SKELETAL and NEUROLOGICAL
o arthritis
o neuralgia
o sciatica
o frozen shoulder
o tennis elbow
o back pain
o bursitis
o tendonitis
o stiff neck
o Bell’s palsy
o trigeminal neuralgia
o headache
o stroke
o cerebral palsy
o polio
o menier’s disease
o dizziness
o sprains
• GENITO-URINARY and REPRODUCTIVE
o impotence
o infertility
o pre-menstrual syndrome (PMS)
o pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)
o vaginitis
o irregular period or cramps
o morning sickness
o Babies in breech presentation
• MENTAL-EMOTIONAL
o stress
o depression
o anxiety
o insomnia