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Acupuncture

Acupuncture is the ancient Chinese method of healing. It is used to regulate or correct the flow of qi "vital energy" in the "meridians or channels" of the body to restore health. An imbalance in the flow of qi throughout a meridian is how disease begins. The treatment includes the insertion of fine, sterile needles to specific acupoints on the body to restore the balance to the flow of qi.

According to the American Academy of Medical Acupuncture, acupuncture may be considered as a therapy for the following conditions. The conditions labeled with * are also included in the World Health Organization list of acupuncture indications.

Abdominal distention/flatulence *
Acute and chronic pain control *
Allergic sinusitis *
Anesthesia for high-risk patients or patients with previous adverse responses to anesthetics
Anorexia
Anxiety, fright, panic *
Arthritis/arthrosis *
Atypical chest pain (negative workup)
Bursitis, tendinitis, carpal tunnel syndrome*
Certain functional gastrointestinal disorders (nausea and vomiting, esophageal spasm, hyperacidity, irritable bowel) *
Cervical and lumbar spine syndromes*
Constipation, diarrhea *
Cough with contraindications for narcotics
Drug detoxification *
Dysmenorrhea, pelvic pain *
Frozen shoulder *
Headache (migraine and tension-type), vertigo (Meniere disease), tinnitus *
Idiopathic palpitations, sinus tachycardia
In fractures, assisting in pain control, edema, and enhancing healing process
Muscle spasms, tremors, tics, contractures*
Neuralgias (trigeminal, herpes zoster, postherpetic pain, other)
Paresthesias *
Persistent hiccups*
Phantom pain
Plantar fasciitis*
Post-traumatic and post-operative ileus *
Premenstrual syndrome
Selected dermatoses (urticaria, pruritus, eczema, psoriasis)
Sequelae of stroke syndrome (aphasia, hemiplegia) *
Seventh nerve palsy
Severe hyperthermia
Sprains and contusions
Temporo-mandibular joint derangement, bruxism *
Urinary incontinence, retention (neurogenic, spastic, adverse drug effect) *