World Health Organization (WHO)
on Health and Traditional Chinese Medicine |
It is important to understand what is meant by the word 'health'. The World Health Organization define health as a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
The World Health Organization recognizes the use of acupuncture in the treatment of a wide range of health problems. In a publication "Acupuncture: The WHO View", the World Health Organization found that acupuncture was indicated in treating the following conditions:
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Acute Tonsilitis
Bedwetting
Bladder Dysfunction
Bronchial Asthma
Bronchitis
Cataracts
Central Retinitis
Common Cold
Conjunctivitis
Constipation
Dental Pain
Diarrhea
Duodenal Ulcer
Dysentery
Esophageal Spasm
Facial Palsy
Frozen Shoulder
Gastric Hyperacidity
Gastritis
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Gingivitis
Headaches/Migraines
Hiccups
Intercostal Neuralgia
Low Back Pain
Meniere's Disease
Nearsightedness
Osteoarthritis
Paralytic Ileus
Peripheral Neuropathy
Pharyngitis
Post-Polio Paralysis
Post-Stoke Paralysis
Sciatica
Sinusitis/Rhinitis
Tennis Elbow
Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
Toothache
Trigeminal Neuralgia
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US National Institutes of Health |
The US National Institutes of Health issued a consensus statement on acupuncture in 1997, which states that "acupuncture as a therapeutic intervention is practiced widely in the United States... and ... promising results have emerged showing the efficacy of acupuncture". The NIH further states that "there is sufficient evidence of acupuncture's value to expand its use into conventional medicine and to encourage further studies of its physiology and clinical value." The NIH report mentions that the efficacy of acupuncture has been found in the following conditions:
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Addictions
Asthma
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Dental Pain
Fibromyalgia
Headache
Low Back Pain
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Menstrual Cramps
Nausea/Vomiting
Osteoarthritis
Stroke Rehabilitation
Tennis Elbow
Various Musculoskeletal Pains
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