What kinds of health problems can TCM treat?
Throughout Chinese medical history, acupuncture has been used to treat a wide variety of complaints including pain, asthma, arthritis, gastritis, diarrhea, hypertension, depression, headache, stroke, and menopause. As more people discover the effectiveness of acupuncture, it is being used to treat more and more “modern” problems, including smoking cessation and issues related to poor modern diets. In 1979, the World Health Organization published a list of illnesses treatable with acupuncture, which included over 40 diseases involving the respiratory, gastrointestinal, neurological, and musculoskeletal, and vision systems.
