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Evidence-based acupuncture:
Science has spoken

Acupuncture is more effective than conventional treatment for:

  • Allergic rhinitis
  • Biliary or renal colic
  • Depression
  • Epigastric pain (acute or chronic) due to ulcer, gastritis, gastric spasm
  • Fasciitis
  • Fibromyalgia
  • Gout
  • Headache (any type, including migraines)
  • Inflammatory obstruction of fallopian tubes
  • Leukopenia
  • Lower back pain
  • Meniere's
  • Neck pain
  • Nosebleeds
  • Nerve function in ischemic cerebrovascular conditions
  • Radiating pain syndromes
  • Sciatica
  • Shoulder peri-arthritis
Acupuncture is proven to be effective for:

  • Breech presentation

  • Diabetes (non-insulin-dependent)

  • Dysmenorrhea (painful menses)

  • Epicondylitis (tennis elbow)

  • Facial pain

  • Hyperlipidemia

  • Hypotension (primary)

  • Hypertension (essential)

  • IBS

  • Infertility

  • Insomnia

  • Itching

  • Labour induction

  • Morning sickness

  • Nausea, vomiting

  • Obesity

  • Osteoarthritis

  • PMS

  • Polycystic ovary syndrome

  • Post-operative pain and dysfunction

  • Rheumatoid arthritis

  • Stroke

  • TMJ

Acupuncture is known to be effective, but further evidence is called for:

Many studies showed acupuncture worked -- but some studies showed no difference between treatment and control groups.

According to the World Health Organization, this discrepancy may in part be because the knowledge and skills of your acupuncturist can decide the outcome of treatments for:

  • Abdominal pain

  • Alcoholism

  • Bell's Palsy

  • Bronchial asthma

  • Cancer pain

  • Cholecystitis, cholelithiasis

  • Chronic UTIs

  • Male sexual dysfunction (non-organic)

  • Post-herpetic neuralgia (pain from shingles)

  • Prostatitis

  • Raynaud syndrome (primary)

  • Schizophrenia

  • Tourette's syndrome

  • Ulcerative colitis

  • Vascular dementia

  • Whooping cough

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