The WHO (World Health Organization), which met for the first time in the Philippines in 1978, published a list of diseases that can be treated with acupuncture. Below is the list of indications that was later expanded and accepted at the WHO Assembly in Cervia, Italy, in 1994, where I attended from Turkey as an observer.
Diseases for which the effectiveness of acupuncture has been proven by studies with scientific control groups:
— Back and waist pain
— Neck pain
— Sciatica
— Tennis elbow
— Knee pain (Gonarthrosis=knee calcification)
— Periarthritis of the shoulder
br /> — Facial (trigeminal neuralgia) pain
— Headaches. (Headaches due to migraine, sinusitis, tension and neck arthritis)
— Dental (tooth) pain
— Temporo-mandibular dysfunction (jaw joint disorder)
— Rheumatoid arthritis
— Post-operative pain
— Labor induction(Starting)
— Correction of the baby's position in the womb (malposition)
— Pregnancy nausea and vomiting
— Paralysis (within the first 3-6 months)
— Essential hypertension
— Renal colic (Kidney stone pain)
— Leukopenia (in case of decrease in leukocytes)
— Treatment of radiation and chemotherapy side effects
— Allergic rhinitis (Allergic nasal flu)
— Biliary colic (Gallbladder pain)
— Depression
— Acute bacillary dysentery
— Primary dysmenorrhea(Painful menstruation, menstruation)
— Acute epigastralgia
— Peptic ulcer (Stomach and duodenal ulcer)
— Acute and chronic gastritis
— Abdominal (abdominal) pains
— Acne vulgaris(acne)
— Alcohol addiction and detoxification(purification)
— Peripheral facial paralysis
— Bronchial asthma
— Cancer pain
— Cardiac (heart) neurosis(psychological pain)
— Cholecystitis(Inflammation of the gallbladder)
— Cholelithiasis(Gallbladder stone)
— Stress
— Diabetes Mellitus(Insulin independent=Type 2)
— Earache (without cause)
— Epistaxis (Nosebleed)
— Female infertility (without organic findings)
— Facial spasm
— Fibromyalgia and tendinitis (Muscle and Disorder of the tendons)
— Gout arthritis
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— Reduction of labor pain
— Lack of milk
— Male sexual disorder (Non-Organic)
— Meniere's
— Post-herpetic pain (pain after shingles)
— Obesity (Simple)
— Morphine, cocaine and heroin addiction
— Osteoarthritis(bone calcifications)
— Burger(Thrombo-angiitis obliterans)
— Polycystic ovary syndrome
— Premenstrual tension syndrome
— Chronic prostate inflammation
— Unexplained itching
— Reynaud syndrome
— Recurrent lower urinary tract infections
— Urinary retention(Inside
— Sjögren's syndrome
— Sore throat (due to tonsillitis)
— Sudden spasm (stiffness) of neck muscles
— Nicotine addiction
— Ulcerative colitis (Spastic colon)
br /> — Urinary tract stones
— Whooping cough
This list is updated every year by the World Health Organization WHO and new diseases are included.
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