Acupunture
Acupuncture is helpful for many health issues. Here’s a list of some of them. Acupuncture works best when you have regular treatments until you feel a significant improvement.
Conditions with strong evidence supporting the effectiveness of acupuncture
– Allergic rhinitis (perennial & seasonal)
– Knee osteoarthritis
– Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (with anti-emetics)
– Migraine prophylaxis
– Chronic low back pain
– Postoperative nausea & vomiting
– Headache (tension-type and chronic) – Postoperative pain
Conditions with moderate evidence supporting the effectiveness of acupuncture
– Acute low back pain
– Modulating sensory perception thresholds
– Acute stroke
– Neck pain
– Ambulatory anaesthesia
– Obesity
– Anxiety
– Perimenopausal & postmenopausal insomnia
– Aromatase-inhibitor-induced arthralgia
– Plantar heel pain
– Asthma in adults
– Post-stroke insomnia
– Back or pelvic pain during pregnancy
– Post-stroke shoulder pain
– Cancer pain
– Post-stroke spasticity
– Cancer-related fatigue
– Post-traumatic stress disorder
– Constipation
– Prostatitis pain/chronic pelvic pain syndrome
– Craniotomy anaesthesia
– Recovery after colorectal cancer resection
– Depression (with antidepressants)
– Restless leg syndrome
– Dry eye
– Schizophrenia (with antipsychotics)
– Hypertension (with medication)
– Sciatica
– Insomnia
– Shoulder impingement syndrome (early stage) (with exercise)
– Irritable bowel syndrome
– Shoulder pain
– Labour pain
– Smoking cessation (up to 3 months)
– Lateral elbow pain – Stroke rehabilitation
– Menopausal hot flushes
– Temporomandibular pain