Acupuncture is one of important modalities of
Traditional Chinese Medicine. Acupuncture has been used as a medical therapy in
china for more than three thousand years. During past three decades, acupuncture
has been getting more and more popular as one of the most vital and "modern" in
all area of complementary and alternative medicine in western countries. It is
now widely used in United States as primary treatment of chronic pain, and is
also very popular complementary therapy for substance abuse recovery, nausea,post-chemoradiotherapy, AIDS, Immune Disorder, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, asthma,
ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis, collagen-vascular disease, post stoke
rehab, skeleton-muscle diseases, and many other conditions.
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
INDICIATIONS FOR ACUPUNCTURE .
Respiratory Tract:.
Acute sinusitis
Acute rhinitis
Common cold
Acute tonsilitis
Bronchopulmonary
Disorders:.
Acute bronchitis
Bronchial asthma
Disorders of the Eye: .
Acute conjunctivitis
Central retinitis
Myopia (in children)
Cataract (without complications)
Disorders of the Mouth
Cavity:.
Toothache
Pain after tooth extraction
Gingivitis
Acute and
chronic pharyngitis
Gastrointestinal
Disorders:.
Spasm of the esophagus and cardia Hiccups
Gastroptosis
Acute and
chronic gastritis
Gastric hyperacidity
Chronic duodenal ulcer
Acute
and chronic colitis
Acute bacterial dysentery
Constipation
Diarrhea
Paralytic ileus
Neurologic and Orthopedic Disorders: .
Headache
Migraine
Trigeminal neuralgia
Facial paralysis
Paralysis after apoplectic fit
Peripheral neuropathy
Paralysis
caused by poliomyelitis
Meniere's syndrome
Neurogenic bladder
dysfunction
Nocturnal enuresis
Intercostal neuralgia
Periarthritis
humeroscapularis
Tennis elbow
Sciatica
lumbar pain
Rheumatoid
arthritis
ACUPUNCTURE
