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The World Health Organization List of Diseases That Benefit from Acupuncture The WHO interregional Seminar drew up the following provisional list of the diseases that lend themselves to acupuncture treatment.
The list is based on clinical experience, and not necessarily on controlled clinical research ; furthermore, the inclusion of specific diseases is not meant to indicate the extent of acupuncture's efficacy in treating them:
Upper Respiratory Tract
Acute Sinusitis
Acute Rhinitis
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)
Paresis (following a stroke)
Peripheral Neuropathies
Sequelae of Poliomyelitis (early stage, i.e., within six months)
Meniere's Disease
Neurogenic Bladder Dysfunction
Nocturnal Enuresis
Intercostal 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. KANDA, Katsuhisa |
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