What clinically based conditions can be treated with acupuncture?

  Acupuncture is widely used clinically and involves various systems, but as a technique, it has its own suitable diseases. As a clinical treatment based on the theory of meridians and collaterals, the role of acupuncture is to regulate the meridians and collaterals and to unblock the qi and blood, therefore, based on the clinical efficacy, there are specific conditions suitable for acupuncture. According to the study of suitable diseases for acupuncture summarized by Du Yuanhao, the most common suitable diseases for acupuncture clinic are 57, as follows: 1. 11 kinds of nervous system: peripheral facial nerve palsy, cerebrovascular disease, vascular nerve headache, facial muscle spasm, pseudomyelitis, trigeminal neuralgia, tension headache, headache, sciatica, vertigo, and pediatric cerebral palsy.  2, musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 16 kinds: cervical spondylosis, lumbar disc herniation, knee osteoarthritis, rheumatism, shoulder periarthritis, humeral epicondylitis, rheumatoid arthritis, muscle strain, lumbago, rheumatoid arthritis, tenosynovitis, myofasciitis, 3rd lumbar transverse synovial syndrome, small joint disorder, paralysis, unspecified benign joint pain.  3. 4 types of mental and behavioral disorders: sleep disorders, neurasthenia, depression, and anxiety disorders.  4. 4 types of genitourinary system: menstrual disorders, dysmenorrhea, enuresis, and functional uterine bleeding.  5, 3 kinds of digestive system: chronic gastritis, gastric pain, constipation.  6, 6 kinds of respiratory system: bronchial asthma, chronic bronchitis, chronic simple rhinitis, diaphragm spasm, allergic rhinitis, cough.  7, circulatory system 1: hypertensive disease.  8, endocrine nutrient metabolism disorders 3 kinds: diabetes and complications, hyperlipidemia, obesity.  9, injury poisoning and certain consequences of external causes 4 kinds: acute lumbar sprain, drop pillow, soft tissue injury, ankle sprain.  10, ear and mastoid disease 2 kinds: tinnitus, deafness.  11, specific infectious diseases 1: herpes zoster.  12.One kind of eye and appendage disease: myopia (pseudophakia).