What
does the latest research show about acupuncture?
Acupuncture and Chinese medicine have become an accepted part of our
system of health care.
Research clearly demonstrates its value and its amazing diversity as a
treatment modality. A few examples of the evidence and utilization of
acupuncture follow:
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National Institutes of Health
Consensus Statement
|
Acupuncture may be useful as an adjunct treatment or an acceptable
alternative or be included in a comprehensive management program for
conditions including:
| - Myofascial
Pain |
- Asthma |
| - Fibromyalgia |
- Tennis Elbow |
| - Osteoarthritis |
- Chemo-Therapy Induced |
| - Low-Back Pain |
- Vomiting and Nausea |
| -Carpal Tunnel |
|
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The World Health Organization |
In 1979, the World Health Organization
recognized acupuncture as an effective treatment for 43 health problems
that included:
| - Low Back
Pain |
- Acute
Sinusitis |
| - Rhinitis Migraine |
- Osteoarthritis |
| - Colitis |
- Meniere's Disease |
| - Peripheral Neuropathy |
- Paralysis |
| - Constipation |
- Stroke |
The Mind-Body Research Group at the University
of South Carolina
This group has published studies providing
clear evidence of the effectiveness of acupuncture testing:
| - Pain |
| - Stress and Quality of
life |
| - Pain and Subjective
Peripheral Neuropathy |
| -Oral Lesions |
| - Insomnia |
| - Oral Cortisol |
Acupuncture for migraines
Patients who used acupuncture at the start of a migraine noted reduced
symptoms, required less medication and had decrease frequency of
headaches during the four months of the study.
Headache 2002:42:855-861
Acupuncture benefits smoking cessation program
A study combining acupuncture with education
doubled the success rate over the group that had education with a sham
acupuncture treatment.
American Journal of Public Health;
2002;92:1642-1647
