28/02/2019
INDICATIONS for ACUPUNCTURE
DISORDERS OF THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM
FROZEN SHOULDER/SHOULDER PAIN,
CERVICAL SPONDYLOPATHY/CHRONIC NECK PAIN, STIFF NECK/WHIPLASH, LUMBAGO , HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS/GROIN PAIN , KNEE ARTHRITIS/KNEE PAIN , RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS/ARTHRITIS OF SMALL JOINTS , FIBROMYALGIA TENDONITIS/HEEL PAIN , TENNIS ELBOW/EPICONDYLITIS , CARPEL TUNNEL SYNDROME , TENOSYNOVITIS/TRIGGER FINGER/GANGLION , INJURED SOFT TISSUES OR SPRAINED ANKLE , SCIATICA
DISORDERS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
INTERCOSTAL NEURALGIA/CHEST PAIN , LATERAL FEMORAL CUTANEOUS NEURITIS , PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY , REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY , TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA, FACIAL SPASM , HEADACHE , APOPLEXY/HEMIPLEGIA , TREMOR/PARKINSON'S DISEASE , MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, EPILEPSY
MENTAL DISORDERS
INSOMNIA , NEUROSIS/NERVOUSNESS/ANXIETY , HYSTERIA , DEPRESSION/SCHIZOPHRENIA/PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS
DISORDERS OF OPHTHALMOLOGY -MYOPIA / AMETROPIA, RETINOPATHY / OPTIC ATROPHY / GLAUCOMA
DISORDERS OF OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY
TINNITUS/NEUROSENSORY DEAFNESS , MENIERE'S DISEASE RHINITIS/SINUSITIS , DYSPHONIA
DENTAL DISORDERS - TOOTHACHE/DENTAL PAIN , DYSFUNCTION OF TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT
DISORDERS OF CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
HYPERTENSION , ANGINA PECTORIS/CORONARY ARTERY DISEASES , ARRHYTHMIAS , RAYNAUD'S SYNDROME
DISORDERS OF RESPIRATORY SYSTEM -COMMON COLD/TONSILLITIS , ASTHMA/BRONCHITIS
DISORDERS OF DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
NAUSEA/EMESIS/HICCUPS , GASTRITIS/PEPTIC ULCER/REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS, ULCERATIVE COLITIS/IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME/CROHN'S DISEASE , CHOLELITHIASIS , HEPATITIS
DISORDERS OF UROGENITAL SYSTEM
URINARY RETENTION, NOCTURNAL ENURESIS/NOCTURIA/BEDWETTING , INCONTINENCE , PROSTATITIS/PROSTATE CANCER, IMPOTENCE/PROSPERMIA , DYSMENORRHEA/ENDOMETRIOSIS. MENOPAUSE/HOT FLUSH , INFERTILITY , MALPOSITION OF THE FETUS , HYSTEROMYOMA
DISORDERS OF THE SKIN - HERPES ZOSTER , URTICARIA/PRURITUS/NEURODERMATITIS/PSORIASIS , ACNE
DISORDERS OF ENDOCRINE-OBESITY, DIABETES , THYROID DISEASES
OTHER DISORDERS - SMOKING CESSATION , ALCOHOLISM , DRUG ADDICTION , HIV/AIDS , CANCERS
CONCLUSION
Acupuncture enjoys moderate to strong evidence of effectiveness in the treatment of 46 conditions and is considered safe in the hands of properly trained practitioners. This strong scientific support is impressive and helpful for patients in the context of a conventional healthcare system where nearly half of all treatments lack evidence for their use. Acupuncture is also considered cost-effective for a number of conditions where evidence is available. Comparatively, for many conditions it enjoys greater evidence than many conventional treatments and is relatively safer. Patients, medical professionals, and healthcare administrators can be confident that the recommendation of acupuncture for many patients is a safe, cost-effective, and evidence-based recommendation