Applications
The Following is the World Health Organization's now famous list of diseases that lend themselves to treatment by acupuncture. The inclusion of herbal remedies in a scope of practice may broaden the range of disorders that may be successfully treated.
Cardiovascular
- Essential Hypertension
Neurological
- Headache and Migraine
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Facial Palsy (early stage, within three to six months)
- Paresis following stroke
- Peripheral Neuropathies
- Meniere's Disease
- Nocturnal Enuresis
- Cervicobrachial Syndrome
- Neurogenic Bladder Dysfunction
- Intercostal Neuraglia
- Disc problems
Musclulo-Skeletal
- Muscle pain, swelling, stiffness and weakness
- Localized traumatic injuries, sprains, strains, tendonitis, contractures
- Arthritis
- Fibromyaglia
- Work and sport related injuries
- Low back pain
- Osteoarthritis
- "Frozen Shoulder", "Tennis Elbow"
- Sciatica
Respiratory System
- Acute Sinusitis
- Acute Rhinitis
- Common Cold
- Acute Tonsillitis
- Acute Bronchitis
- Bronchial Asthma
Eye, Ear, Nose and Mouth
- Acute Conjunctivitis
- Central Retinitis
- Myopia (in children)
- Cataract (without complications)
- Toothaches (post extraction pain)
- Gingivitis
- Acute and Chronic Pharyngitis
Gastrointestinal
- Spasms of Esophagus and Cardia
- Irritable Bowel and Colitis
- Hiccough
- Gastroptosis
- Acute and Chronic Gastritis
- Gastric Hyperacidity
- Chronic Duodenal Ulcer (pain relief)
- Acute Duodenal Ulcer (without complications)
- Acute and Chronic Colitis
- Constipation
- Diarrhea
- Acute Bacillary Dysentery
- Paralytic Ileus
Gynecological
- Infertility (Not WHO recognized. Clinical experience proves effective)
- PMS
- Dysmenorrhea
- Menopause Syndrome
- Benign Irregular
- Menstruation
- Benign Amenorrhea
Psychological
- Depression
- Anxiety
- OCD
- PTSD
- Somatization Disorder
- Hypersomnia
- Insomnia
Other Disorders
- Withdrawal from street pharmacological drugs
- Appetite Supression
