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Questions & Answers about
ACUPUNCTURE, CHINESE MEDICINE AND APPLICATIONS
Bruce Xu, L.Ac., Dipl., M.S.
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What conditions can be helped by acupuncture?
NIH (National Institute of Health) Conclusion that promising results have showing efficacy of acupuncture in:
- post-operative and chemotherapy nausea and vomiting
- addiction and stroke rehabilitation
- headache, menstrual cramps, tennis elbow, fibromyalgia, myofascial pain
- postoperative dental pain
- osteoarthritis, low back pain, carpal tunnel syndrome,
- asthma.
(Ref. JAMA, 1998, 280: 1518-1524)
WHO (World Health Organization) has listed 104 conditions that may be benefited from acupuncture treatment.
Acupuncture also has effects on anti- depression, anxiety attack, insomnia, dizziness, infertility, sciatica, irregular menstruation, severe mouth ulcers, quite smoking, etc.
Picture-4. Ancient meridian man.
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