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The following information is provided for informational purposes only by the World Health Organization.
Acupuncture
Acupuncture is a non-drug, non invasive therapy that may produce a variety of benefits; from pain management to helping with nausea associated with chemotherapy. Acupuncture is one of the oldest healing arts, and originated in China and other Asian countries thousands of years ago.
Acupuncture embraces the belief that all illness is caused by an interference in the flow of energy, also known as qi "chi", and imbalance of two opposing and complimentary forces within the body: yin, the cold and passive aspect, and yang, the hot, active and excited aspect. Acupuncture stimulates specific point on the body with hair-thin needles to restore balance between yin and yang and unblock the flow of energy/qi "chi".
Medical physicians explains the positive effects of acupuncture through stimulating nerves, muscles and connective tissue. This increases the bodies natural activity to regulate pain and increase blood flow.
Acupuncture can be effective in the treatment of the following diseases and injuries as reported by the World Health Organization:
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.
Acupuncture is a non-drug, non invasive therapy that may produce a variety of benefits; from pain management to helping with nausea associated with chemotherapy. Acupuncture is one of the oldest healing arts, and originated in China and other Asian countries thousands of years ago.
Acupuncture embraces the belief that all illness is caused by an interference in the flow of energy, also known as qi "chi", and imbalance of two opposing and complimentary forces within the body: yin, the cold and passive aspect, and yang, the hot, active and excited aspect. Acupuncture stimulates specific point on the body with hair-thin needles to restore balance between yin and yang and unblock the flow of energy/qi "chi".
Medical physicians explains the positive effects of acupuncture through stimulating nerves, muscles and connective tissue. This increases the bodies natural activity to regulate pain and increase blood flow.
Acupuncture can be effective in the treatment of the following diseases and injuries as reported by the World Health Organization:
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.
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1. Diseases, symptoms or conditions for which acupuncture has been proved-through controlled trials-to be an effective treatment:
-Adverse reactions to radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy -Allergic rhinitis (including hay fever) -Biliary colic -Depression (including depressive neurosis and depression following stroke) -Dysentery, acute bacillary -Dysmenorrhoea, primary -Epigastralgia, acute (in peptic ulcer, acute and chronic gastritis, and gastrospasm) -Facial pain (including craniomandibular disorders) -Headache -Hypertension, essential -Hypotension, primary -Induction of labor -Knee pain -Leukopenia |
-Low back pain -Malposition of fetus, correction of -Morning sickness -Nausea and vomiting -Neck pain -Pain in dentistry (including dental pain and temporomandibular dysfunction) -Periarthritis of shoulder -Postoperative pain -Renal colic -Rheumatoid arthritis -Sciatica -Sprain -Stroke -Tennis elbow |
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2. Diseases, symptoms or conditions for which the therapeutic effect of acupuncture has been shown but for which further proof is needed:
-Abdominal pain (in acute gastroenteritis or due to gastrointestinal spasm) -Acne vulgaris -Alcohol dependence and detoxification -Bell’s palsy -Bronchial asthma -Cancer pain -Cardiac neurosis -Cholecystitis, chronic, with acute exacerbation -Cholelithiasis -Competition stress syndrome -Craniocerebral injury, closed -Diabetes mellitus, non-insulin-dependent -Earache -Epidemic haemorrhagic fever -Epistaxis, simple (without generalized or local disease) -Eye pain due to subconjunctival injection -Female infertility -Facial spasm -Female urethral syndrome -Fibromyalgia and fasciitis -Gastrokinetic disturbance -Gouty arthritis |
-Hepatitis B virus carrier status -Herpes zoster (human (alpha) herpesvirus 3) -Hyperlipaemia -Hypo-ovarianism -Insomnia -Labor pain -Lactation, deficiency -Male sexual dysfunction, non-organic -Ménière disease -Neuralgia, post-herpetic -Neurodermatitis -Obesity -Opium, cocaine and heroin dependence -Osteoarthritis -Pain due to endoscopic examination -Pain in thromboangiitis obliterans -Polycystic ovary syndrome (Stein-Leventhal syndrome) -Postextubation in children -Postoperative convalescence -Premenstrual syndrome -Prostatitis, chronic -Pruritus -Radicular and pseudoradicular pain syndrome |
-Raynaud syndrome, primary -Recurrent lower urinary-tract infection -Reflex sympathetic dystrophy -Retention of urine, traumatic -Schizophrenia -Sialism, drug-induced -Sjögren syndrome -Sore throat (including tonsillitis) -Spine pain, acute -Stiff neck -Temporomandibular joint dysfunction -Tietze syndrome -Tobacco dependence -Tourette syndrome -Ulcerative colitis, chronic -Urolithiasis -Vascular dementia -Whooping cough (pertussis) |
Source: World Health Organization
Disclaimer: The information provided is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Acupuncture performed by a doctor of chiropractic (D.C.) in Texas is limited to scope of practice, which includes the adjunctive treatment of the subluxation complex or the biomechanics of the spine and musculoskeletal system. Acupuncture, and the related practices of acupressure and meridian therapy, includes methods for diagnosing and treating a patient by stimulating specific points on or within the musculoskeletal system by various means which include short-needle insertion for the purpose of obtaining a biopositive reflex response by nerve stimulation.
Disclaimer: The information provided is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Acupuncture performed by a doctor of chiropractic (D.C.) in Texas is limited to scope of practice, which includes the adjunctive treatment of the subluxation complex or the biomechanics of the spine and musculoskeletal system. Acupuncture, and the related practices of acupressure and meridian therapy, includes methods for diagnosing and treating a patient by stimulating specific points on or within the musculoskeletal system by various means which include short-needle insertion for the purpose of obtaining a biopositive reflex response by nerve stimulation.
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