What Can Acupuncture Treat?

Most people know that acupuncture helps to reduce and relieve pain as well as muscle tension, but it also is recognized to treat a wide variety of other conditions.

The World Health Organization (W.H.O.) conducted a study and released a report titled “Acupuncture, Review and Analysis of Reports on Controlled Clinical Trials” which endorsed the use of acupuncture to treat many conditions including:

• Pain
• Digestive disorders including ulcer and gastritis
• Headaches/Migraines
• Gynecological Disorders including PMS and dysmenorrhea
• Depression, anxiety and stress
• Arthritis
• Chronic Fatigue
• TMJ
• Morning Sickness
• Hypertension
• Adverse reaction to Chemotherapy or radiation
• Rhinitis, including hay fever

For a more extensive list of conditions treated, visit www.evidencebasedacupuncture.org/who-official-position/