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The World Health Organization List of Diseases That Benefit from Acupuncture
The World Health Organization Inter-regional Seminar drew up the
following provisional list of diseases that lend themselves to
acupuncture treatment. The list is based on clinical experience, and
not necessarily on controlled clinical research.
Upper Respiratory Tract
Acute Sinusitis
Acute Rrhinitis
Common Cold
Acute Tonsillitis Respiratory
System
Acute Bronchitis
Bronchial Asthma (most effective in children and in patients without
complicating diseases) Disorders
of the Eye
Acute Conjunctivitis
Central Retinitis
Myopia (in children)
Cataracts (without complications)
Disorders of the Mouth
Toothache (post-extraction pain)
Gingivitis
Acute and Chronic Pharyngitis
Gastro-intestinal Disorders
Spasms of Esophagus and Cardia
Hiccough
Gastroptosis
Acute and chronic gastritis
Gastric hyperacidity
Chronic duodenal ulcer (pain relief)
Acute duodenal ulcer (without complications)
Acute and chronic colitis
Acute bacillary dysentery
Constipation
Diarrhea
Paralytic ileus Neurological and
Musculo-skeletal Disorders
Headache and Migraine
Trigeminal Neuralgia
Facial Palsy (early stage, i.e., within three to six months)
Pareses (following a stroke)
Peripheral Neuropathies
Sequelae of Poliomyelitis (early stage, i.e., within six months)
Meniere's Disease
Neurogenic Bladder Dysfunction
Nocturnal Enuresis
Intercosral Neuralgia
Cervicobrachial Syndrome
Frozen Shoulder
Tennis Elbow
Sciatica
Low Back Pain
Osteoarthritis Source: Bannerman R H 1979 Acupuncture: the WHO
View. World Health, December, p27-28. See Also:
Does acupuncture
work? (Efficacy)
The NIH Consensus
Statement on Acupuncture
Is acupuncture useful for
cancer?
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