What are the most commonly treated ailments?
The most common ailments presented to an acupuncturist tend to be pain related conditions. However as the public becomes more educated about the efficacies of acupuncture and oriental medicine, they are seeking treatments for many complex conditions with good results.The World Health Organization has recognized that acupuncture is suitable for treating the following diseases: Neurological and Musculoskeletal Disorders Headache and migraine, trigeminal neuralgia, facial palsy (early stage, within 3-6 months), paresis following stroke, sequelae to poliomyelitis (early stage, within 6 months), menieres disease, neurogenic bladder dysfunction, nocturnal enuresis, intercostal neuralgia, cervicobrachial syndrome, Frozen shoulder, tennis elbow, sciatica, low back pain, osteoarthritis. Upper Respiratory Tract Acute sinusitis, acute rhinitis, common cold, acute tonsillitis. Respiratory System Acute bronchitis, bronchial asthma (most effective in children and in patients without complicating dis
