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Conditions Treated
Directly below is a list of conditions that I regularly treat in my office:
Acid Reflux
Acne
Anxiety
Arthritis
Asthma
Autoimmune Disorders
Cancer Support
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Cholecystitis
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Colds/Flu
Constipation
Cough
Depression
Diabetes
Diarrhea
Digestive Disorders
Eczema
Edema
Endometriosis
Eye & Ear Disorders
Fatigue
Fibrocystic Breast Disease
Fibromyalgia
Gall Stones
Gynecological Disorders
Hair Loss
Headaches/Migraines
Herniated/Slipped Discs
Herpes Virus Control
High Cholesterol
Hyper/Hypotension
Infertility - Male & Female
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Kidney Stones
Musculoskeletal Pain
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis
Nausea
Neurological Disorders
Ovarian Cysts
Palpitations
Premenstrual Syndrome
Prostatitis
Psoriasis
Sciatica
Sinusitis
Sleep Disorders
Smoking Cessation
Spinal Stenosis
Sports Injuries
Stomach Ulcers
Stress
Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
TMJ Syndrome
Traumatic Injuries
Trigeminal Neuralgia
Ulcerative Colitis
Urinary Stones
Urinary Tract Infections
Uterine Fibroids
Weight Management
Acupuncture has been effectively used to treat a large variety of conditions for more than 2000 years. In 2002 the World Health Organization (WHO) published an 81-page report in which they recommended acupuncture for various conditions based on their review of clinical trials. Below is a list of those conditions.
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Please note that while the below list is fairly extensive, historically acupuncture and East Asian medicine have been shown to effectively treat far more conditions than these recommended by the WHO.
Acute Conditions:
Encephalitis, viral, in children, late stage
Epidemic haemorrhagic fever
Retention of urine, traumatic
Sore throat
Tonsillitis
Traumatic pain
Whooping cough (pertussis)
Immunological Conditions:
Allergic rhinitis (including hay fever)
Hepatitis B virus carrier status
Leukopenia
Raynaud syndrome, primary
Rheumatoid arthritis
Sjögren syndrome
Ulcerative colitis, chronic
Circulatory Conditions:
Angina Pectoris
Cardiac neurosis
Coronary heart disease
Epistaxis, simple (without generalized or local disease)
Hyperlipaemia / Hyperlipidemia
Hypertension, essential
Hypotension, primary
Pulmonary heart disease, chronic
Vascular dementia
Dermatological Conditions:
Acne vulgaris
Chloasma
Herpes zoster
Pruritus
Emotional and Psychological Conditions:
Competition stress syndrome
Depression
Drug dependence
Hypophrenia
Smoking cessation
Gastrointestinal Conditions:
Abdominal pain
Biliary colic
Cholecystitis
Cholelithiasis
Constipation
Dysentery, acute bacillary
Epigastric pain
Gastrokinetic disturbance
Irritable bowel syndrome / IBS
Nausea and vomiting
Genitourinary Conditions:
Female urethral syndrome
Male sexual dysfunction
Prostatitis, chronic
Renal colic
Urinary-tract infection / UTI
Urolithiasis / Kidney stones / Urinary tract stones
Neurological Conditions:
Bell’s palsy
Craniocerebral injury, closed
Insomnia
Ménière disease
Migraines
Neuralgia, post-herpetic
Neurodermatitis
Neuropathic bladder in spinal cord injury
Paralysis, progressive bulbar and pseudobulbar
Reflex sympathetic dystrophy
Stroke
Tourette syndrome
Pain and Musculoskeletal Conditions:
Chronic Pain
Earache
Eye pain due to subconjunctival infection
Facial pain (including craniomandibular disorders)
Facial spasm
Fibromyalgia and fasciitis
Gout / Gouty arthritis
Headache
Knee pain
Low back pain
Migraine
Muscle Spasm
Neck pain
Osteoarthritis
Pain due to endoscopic examination
Pain in thromboangiitis obliterans
Dental pain
Periarthritis of shoulder
Postoperative pain
Radicular and pseudoradicular pain syndrome
Rheumatoid arthritis
Sciatica
Spine pain
Sprain
Stiff neck
Temporomandibular joint dysfunction / TMJ
Tennis elbow
Tietze syndrome
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Gynecological and Fertility Conditions:
Dysmenorrhoea / Menstrual pain
Female infertility
Hypo-ovarianism
Induction of labour
Labour pain
Lactation, deficiency
Malposition of fetus, correction of
Morning sickness
Polycystic ovary syndrome
Premenstrual syndrome
Pediatric Conditions:
Convulsions in infants
Diarrhoea in infants and young children
Encephalitis, viral, in children, late stage
Postextubation in children
Whooping cough (pertussis)
Respiratory Conditions:
Allergic Rhinitis
Breathlessness in COPD
Bronchial asthma
Small airway obstruction
Others:
Adverse reactions to radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy
Alcohol dependence and detoxification
Cancer pain
Choroidopathy, central serous
Colour blindness
Deafness
Diabetes mellitus, non-insulin-dependent
Excessive salivation, drug-induced
Insomnia
Obesity
Opium, cocaine and heroin dependence
Postoperative convalescence
Tobacco dependence