Research
The WHO (World Health Organisation) has compiled a list of conditions that have been tested in controlled clinical trials, and which they suggest can be treated with acupuncture.
Controlled trials have proved acupuncture to be an effective treatment for conditions including:
Controlled trials have shown acupuncture to have a therapeutic effect (but requiring further proof) on conditions including:
The full list of conditions and evidence can be viewed on the WHO website here:
http://apps.who.int/medicinedocs/en/d/Js4926e/5.html
The British Acupuncture Council (BAcC) also monitors research that is carried out and further information can be found here: http://www.acupuncture.org.uk/research.html
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| Depression | Pain in dentistry |
| Dysmenorrhoea, primary (Period Pain) | Periarthritis of shoulder |
| Headache | Postoperative pain |
| Induction of labour | Rheumatoid arthritis |
| Knee pain | Sciatica |
| Malposition of fetus, correction of (Breech) | Sprain |
| Morning sickness | Stroke |
| Nausea and vomiting | Tennis elbow |
| Abdominal pain | Insomnia |
| Acne vulgaris | Lactation, deficiency |
| Bell's palsy | Osteoarthritis |
| Broncial asthma | Polycystic ovary syndrome |
| Earache | Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) |
| Female infertility | Recurrent lower urinary-tract infection |
| Facial spasm | Stiff neck |
| Hypo-ovarianism | Ulcerative colitis, chronic |
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