The scope of acupuncture treatment is very wide, most of the diseases in internal, external, injury, gynecology, pediatrics, five senses, skin, etc. can be treated by acupuncture.
In 1979, the World Health Organization (WHO) proposed and recommended the application of acupuncture to treat 43 types of diseases worldwide.
In 2002, these 43 indications for acupuncture treatment were updated to 107 conditions in 4 categories. In recent years, Chinese scholars’ research on the spectrum of acupuncture diseases has shown that acupuncture can play a therapeutic role for 461 diseases in 16 categories. In China, acupuncture is more common and effective for the following diseases: 1:
Stroke, migraine, trigeminal neuralgia, sciatica, peripheral facial nerve palsy, neurasthenia, hysteria, epilepsy, intercostal neuralgia, schizophrenia, traumatic paraplegia, brachial plexus neuralgia, peripheral nerve injury, headache. 2.Respiratory system diseases: bronchial asthma, acute and chronic bronchitis, upper respiratory tract infection, acute tonsillitis. 3, digestive system diseases: gastroptosis, peptic ulcer, diarrhea, acute and chronic gastritis, neurological vomiting, constipation, gastrointestinal neurosis, diaphragm spasm, hyperacidity, acute gastroenteritis, chronic enteritis, pancreatic spasm, bacterial dysentery. 4.Gynecological disorders: dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, functional uterine bleeding, uterine prolapse, uterine fibroids, infertility, pelvic inflammatory disease. 5.Circulatory system diseases: hypertension, coronary angina, cardiac arrhythmia, cardiac neurosis. 6.Dermatological disorders: urticaria, herpes zoster, neurodermatitis. 7, endocrine system diseases: simple goiter, diabetes, hyperthyroidism. 8.Bone, joint and muscle connective tissue diseases: cervical spondylosis, rheumatoid arthritis, shoulder periarthritis, lumbago, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, acute lumbar sprain. 9.Pentosyndromic diseases: chronic rhinitis, pharyngitis, conjunctivitis, rhinorrhea, toothache, neurological deafness, neural tinnitus, otogenic vertigo, optic nerve atrophy. 10, genitourinary system diseases: impotence, prostatitis, chronic nephritis. 11.Pediatric diseases: pediatric enuresis, poliomyelitis sequelae. 12.Surgical diseases: gallstone disease, intestinal obstruction.