The World Health Organization (WHO) and the National Institutes for Health (NIH) recognize the efficacy of acupuncture and East Asian Medicines for a number of conditions. Studies out of Australia and the United Kingdom also evaluate the effectiveness of acupuncture for a range of conditions. Other studies into the efficacy of Traditional East Asian Medicine can be found through PubMed.

The conditions for which acupuncture is effective with strong and moderately supporting evidence are:

Acute stroke

Allergic rhinitis (perennial & seasonal)

Anxiety

Asthma

Cancer (fatigue, pain)

Constipation

Depression (with anti-depressants)

Dry eye

Headache (tension-type and chronic)

Hypertension (with medication)

Insomnia

Irritable bowel syndrome

Knee osteoarthritis

Labor pain

Lateral elbow pain

Low back pain (acute, sub-acute, chronic and pregnancy-induced)

Menopausal hot flashes

Migraine prophylaxis

Modulating sensory-perception thresholds

Nausea (chemotherapy-induced, post-operative)

Neck pain

Obesity

Peri and postmenopausal insomnia

Plantar heel pain

Post-operative pain

Post-stroke insomnia

Post-stroke shoulder pain

Post-stroke spasticity

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Prostatitis pain / chronic pelvic pain syndrome

Restless leg syndrome (RLS)

Schizophrenia (with antipsychotics)

Sciatica

Shoulder pain

Stroke rehabilitation

Temporomandibular pain

From the Acupuncture Evidence Project and the American College of Physicians.

Many other conditions also respond favorably to acupuncture and chinese medicine. Find out if this is right for you today.