Conditions
Conditions that may benefit from acupuncture
Circulatory system
- Arrhythmia
- Chills
- Cold hands and feet
- Heaviness of legs
- Hemorrhoids
- High or low blood pressure
- Oedema
- Palpitations
- Poor circulation
Dermatology
- Acne
- Dermatosis
- Eczema
- Herpes
- Nettle rash
- Psoriasis
- Shingles
Digestive system
- Abdominal pain
- Acid reflux
- Anorexia
- Bloating
- Bulimia
- Constipation
- Diarrhea
- Flatulence
- Hiccup
- High cholesterol levels
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Nausea
- Slow digestion
- Ulcers
- Vomiting
Ear, nose, and throat (ENT)
- Chronic otitis
- Dizziness
- Dry eye syndrome
- Dysphonia (loss of voice)
- Hoarseness
- Laryngitis
- Myopia
- Throat pains
- Tinnitus
Facial acupuncture
- Baggy eyes
- Bell’s palsy
- Double chin
- Dry eyes
- Under eye dark circles
- Jaw tension
- Lifting
- Ptosis (eyelid )
- Rosacea
- Sinusitis
- Swollen eyelids
- Swollen nose
- Teeth grinding
- Wrinkles
General
- Addiction to smoking
- Anxiety
- Attention deficit disorder (ADD)
- Burn-out
- Chronic fatigue
- Depression
- Dizziness
- Fibromyalgia
- Headaches
- Insomnia
- Intoxications
- Irritability
- Migraine
- Nervousness
- Postoperative recovery
- Side effects to medicines
- Strengthen the immune system
- Stress
- Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) syndrome
Hormones and endocrine disruption
- Abnormal FSH (follicle-stimulating hormone) & LH (luteinizing hormone) levels
- Diabetes
- Diminished ovarian reserve(DOR) [9]
- Hot flashes
- Hypothyroid and hyperthyroid
- Menopause
- Night sweats
- Perspiration
Pain
- Arthritis
- Back pain
- Bursitis
- Capsulitis of the shoulder
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Gout
- Heel spurs
- Knee pain
- Lumbago
- Musculoskeletal disorders
- Muscular tension
- Neck pain (cervical pain)
- Neuralgia
- Plantar fasciitis
- Rheumatism
- Sciatica
- Sprains
- Sports traumas
- Stiff neck
- Tendinitis
- Tennis and golf elbow
Pre and postnatal care
- Anxiety
- Backaches or sciatica
- Breech presentation
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Cervical ripening
- Constipation
- Fatigue
- Headaches
- Heartburn
- Hemorrhoids
- Insomnia
- Labour preparation and natural inductions
- Lactation deficiency
- Nausea
- Pelvic pain
- Postpartum depression
- Recurrent Miscarriage
- Swollen legs, ankles and feet
- Stress
- Vomiting
Reproduction
(women and men)
- Amenorrhea
- Cysts
- Discharge
- Dysmenorrheal
- Endometriosis
- High viscosity semen
- Infertility
- Low sperm count
- Low sperm motility
- Low semen volume
- Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)
- Poor libido
- Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)
- Prostatitis
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sperm with abnormal morphology
- Uterine fibroid
- Vaginitis
Respiratory system
- Allergies
- Apnea
- Asthma
- Bronchitis
- Chronic flu and colds
- Rhinitis
- Sinusitis
Urogenital system
- Cystitis
- Incontinence
- Micturition
- Prostatitis
References:
[9] Ruihong Ma; Jiayi Song, et.al. Acupuncture for diminished ovarian reserve, Medicine: August 2019 – Volume 98 – Issue 34 – p e16852