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YES, absolutely!<\/p>\n
Acupuncture has been recognized as an effective form of treatment by the World Health Organization and the National Institutes of Health. The diseases or disorders for which acupuncture therapy has been tested in controlled clinical trials reported in the recent literature can be classified into four categories as shown below.<\/p>\n
1. Diseases, symptoms or conditions for which acupuncture has been proved-through controlled trials-to be an effective treatment:<\/strong><\/p>\n Adverse reactions to radiotherapy and\/or chemotherapy 2. Diseases, symptoms or conditions for which the therapeutic effect of acupuncture has been shown but for which further proof is needed:<\/strong><\/p>\n Abdominal pain (in acute gastroenteritis or due to gastrointestinal spasm) 3. Diseases, symptoms or conditions for which there are only individual controlled trials reporting some therapeutic effects, but for which acupuncture is worth trying because treatment by conventional and other therapies is difficult:<\/strong><\/p>\n Chloasma 4. Diseases, symptoms or conditions for which acupuncture may be tried provided the practitioner has special modern medical knowledge and adequate monitoring equipment:<\/strong><\/p>\n Breathlessness in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Visit East Aurora Acupuncture on Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n East Aurora Acupuncture, 502 Main Street, East Aurora, NY 14052 (716) 714-5837<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" YES, absolutely! Acupuncture has been recognized as an effective form of treatment by the World Health Organization and the National Institutes of Health. The diseases or disorders for which acupuncture therapy has been tested in controlled clinical trials reported in … Continue reading \n
\nAllergic rhinitis (including hay fever)
\nBiliary colic
\nDepression (including depressive neurosis and depression following stroke)
\nDysentery, acute bacillary
\nDysmenorrhoea, primary
\nEpigastralgia, acute (in peptic ulcer, acute and chronic gastritis, and gastrospasm)
\nFacial pain (including craniomandibular disorders)
\nHeadache
\nHypertension, essential
\nHypotension, primary
\nInduction of labour
\nKnee pain
\nLeukopenia
\nLow back pain
\nMalposition of fetus, correction of
\nMorning sickness
\nNausea and vomiting
\nNeck pain
\nPain in dentistry (including dental pain and temporomandibular dysfunction)
\nPeriarthritis of shoulder
\nPostoperative pain
\nRenal colic
\nRheumatoid arthritis
\nSciatica
\nSprain
\nStroke
\nTennis elbow<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n
\nAcne vulgaris
\nAlcohol dependence and detoxification
\nBell\u2019s palsy
\nBronchial asthma
\nCancer pain
\nCardiac neurosis
\nCholecystitis, chronic, with acute exacerbation
\nCholelithiasis
\nCompetition stress syndrome
\nCraniocerebral injury, closed
\nDiabetes mellitus, non-insulin-dependent
\nEarache
\nEpidemic haemorrhagic fever
\nEpistaxis, simple (without generalized or local disease)
\nEye pain due to subconjunctival injection
\nFemale infertility
\nFacial spasm
\nFemale urethral syndrome
\nFibromyalgia and fasciitis
\nGastrokinetic disturbance
\nGouty arthritis
\nHepatitis B virus carrier status
\nHerpes zoster (human (alpha) herpesvirus 3)
\nHyperlipaemia
\nHypo-ovarianism
\nInsomnia
\nLabour pain
\nLactation, deficiency
\nMale sexual dysfunction, non-organic
\nM\u00e9ni\u00e8re disease
\nNeuralgia, post-herpetic
\nNeurodermatitis
\nObesity
\nOpium, cocaine and heroin dependence
\nOsteoarthritis
\nPain due to endoscopic examination
\nPain in thromboangiitis obliterans
\nPolycystic ovary syndrome (Stein-Leventhal syndrome)
\nPostextubation in children
\nPostoperative convalescence
\nPremenstrual syndrome
\nProstatitis, chronic
\nPruritus
\nRadicular and pseudoradicular pain syndrome
\nRaynaud syndrome, primary
\nRecurrent lower urinary-tract infection
\nReflex sympathetic dystrophy
\nRetention of urine, traumatic
\nSchizophrenia
\nSialism, drug-induced
\nSj\u00f6gren syndrome
\nSore throat (including tonsillitis)
\nSpine pain, acute
\nStiff neck
\nTemporomandibular joint dysfunction
\nTietze syndrome
\nTobacco dependence
\nTourette syndrome
\nUlcerative colitis, chronic
\nUrolithiasis
\nVascular dementia
\nWhooping cough (pertussis)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n
\nChoroidopathy, central serous
\nColour blindness
\nDeafness
\nHypophrenia
\nIrritable colon syndrome
\nNeuropathic bladder in spinal cord injury
\nPulmonary heart disease, chronic
\nSmall airway obstruction<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n
\nComa
\nConvulsions in infants
\nCoronary heart disease (angina pectoris)
\nDiarrhoea in infants and young children
\nEncephalitis, viral, in children, late stage
\nParalysis, progressive bulbar and pseudobulbar<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n