According to the World Health Organization (WHO), acupuncture has been shown through controlled trials to treat the following symptoms, diseases, and conditions.

Musculoskeletal and Pain

• low back pain

• neck pain

• sciatica

• tennis elbow

• knee pain

• periarthritis of the shoulder

• sprains

• facial pain (including craniomandibular disorders)

• headache

• dental pain

• tempromandibular (TMJ) dysfunction

• rheumatoid arthritis

• renal colic

G.I Conditions

• acute bacillary dysentery

• acute epigastralgia

• biliary colic

• peptic ulcer

• acute and chronic gastritis

• nausea and vomiting

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Cardiac and Circulatory Conditions

• stroke

• essential hypertension

• primary hypotension

Fertility and Women's Health

• induction of labor

• correction of malposition of fetus (breech presentation)

• morning sickness

• primary dysmenorrhea

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Other Conditions

• adverse reactions to radiation or chemotherapy

• postoperative pain

• leucopenia

• allergic rhinitis, including hay fever

• depression (including depressive neurosis and depression following stroke)