The following is the World Health Organization (WHO) provisional list of diseases that lend themselves to acupuncture treatment.
Source: Bannerman R H 1979 Acupuncture: the WHO View. World Health, December, p27-28.
Upper Respiratory tract
- Acute sinusitis
- Acute rhinitis
- Common Cold
- Acute tonsillitis
Respiratory system
- Acute bronchitis
- Bronchial asthma
Gastrointestinal system
- Spasms of esophagus and cardia
- Hiccough
- Acute and chronic gastritis
- Gastric hyperacidity
- Chronic duodenal ulcer (pain relief)
- Acute duodenal ulcer (without complications)
- Acute bacillary dysentery
- Constipation
- Diarrhea
- Paralytic ileus
Neurological and musculoskeletal disorders
- Headache
- Migraine
- Trigeminal neuralgia
- Facial palsy (early stage)
- Pareses following a stroke
- Peripheral neuropathies
- Sequelae of poliomyelitis (early stage)
- Meniere's disease
- Neurogenic bladder dysfunction
- Nocturnal enuresis
- Intercostal neuralgia
- Cervicobrachial syndrome
- `Frozen shoulder'
- `Tennis elbow'
- Sciatica
- Low back pain
- Osteoarthritis
Disorders of the Eye
- Acute conjunctivitis
- Central retinitis
- Myopia (in children)
- Cataract (without complications)
Disorders of the Mouth
- Toothache
- Post-extraction pain
- Gingivitis
- Acute and chronic pharyngitis
