In an official report, Acupuncture: Review and Analysis of Reports on Controlled Clinical Trials, the World Health Organization (WHO) has listed the following symptoms, diseases and conditions that have been shown through controlled trials to be treated effectively by acupuncture:
- Pain management
- Neck Pain
- Chronic Low Back Pain
- Cancer pain
- Cancer-related fatigue
- Constipation
- Depression (with antidepressants)
- Chemotherapy- induced nausea and vomiting (with anti-emetics)
- Autoimmune disorders
- Dermatology
- Endocrinology
- Gastroenterology
- Gynecology and women’s health
- Longevity and healthy aging
- Neurology
- Nutrition
- Emotional Resilience
- Obstetrics, pre/postnatal
- Oncology
- Orthopedics
- Pre/post operation
- Pediatrics
- Allergic Rhinitis
- Acute Stroke
- Anxiety
- Aromatase- inhibitor- induced arthralgia
- Asthma in adults
- Back or pelvic pain during pregnancy
- Dry eyes
- Headache (tension type and chronic)
- Hypertension (with medication)
- Immune dysfunction
- Inflammation
- Insomnia
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Knee osteoarthritis
- Labour pain
- Lateral elbow pain
- Migraine prevention
- Menopausal hot flushes
- Modulating sensory perception thresholds
- Obesity
- Perimenopausal & Post menopausal insomnia
- Plantar heel pain
- Post-stroke insomnia
- Post-stroke spasticity
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
- Postoperative nausea and vomiting
- Postoperative pain
- Prostatitis pain/ chronic pelvic pain
- Restless leg syndrome
- Sciatica
- Shoulder impingement syndrome, early stage (with exercise)
- Shoulder pain
- Smoking cessation (up to 3 months)
- Stroke rehabilitation
- Temporomandibular pain