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Symptoms & Conditions
Acupuncture has been used to treat a wide variety of health problems safely and effectively for thousands of years. Here are some of the conditions the World Health Organisation list as being treatable with acupuncture and TCM:

Pain

  • Backache
  • Neck and shoulder pain
  • Frozen shoulder
  • Sciatica
  • Arthritis
  • Tennis elbow
  • Knee pain
  • Facial pain
  • Headache
  • Migraine
  • Post-operative pain

Women’s Health

  • Painful periods
  • Irregular or absent periods
  • PMT
  • Heavy bleeding
  • Subfertility
  • IVF assistance
  • Menopausal symptoms (hot flushes, nightsweats)
  • Morning sickness
  • Breech presentation correction
  • Labour induction
  • Post-natal depression

Men' s Health

Chronic prostatitis:
- Lower back ache
- Pelvic pain
- Frequent, urgent and/or painful urination

Respiratory

  • Asthma
  • Bronchitis
  • Common cold
  • Persistent cough
  • Sinusitis
  • Hayfever

Skin Conditions

  • Eczema
  • Psoriasis
  • Rashes

Gastrointestinal

  • Indigestion
  • Bloating
  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome
  • Constipation
  • Diarrhoea
  • Peptic ulcer
  • Gastritis

Others

  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Stress
  • Insomnia
  • Addiction
  • ME
  • Low energy
  • High blood pressure
  • Nausea
  • Adverse reactions to radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy (nausea, hot flushes, spontaneous sweating)
This list is not exhaustive but it does give you an idea of what conditions respond to acupuncture.