What Can Acupuncture Treat?
We treat the person, not the disease, so really there is no limit to what acupuncture can treat.
Acupuncture helps the body regain balance thus alleviating symptoms and disease processes.
The World Health Organization has issued a comprehensive list of diseases and conditions which are treatable by acupuncture. Some of the more common conditions are:
Infections
- colds and flus
- bronchitis
- hepatitis
Eyes-Ears-Nose-Throat
- deafness
- ringing in the ear (tinnitus)
- menier's disease
- earaches
- poor eyesight
- dizziness
- sinus infections
- sore throat
- hay fever
Internal
- hypoglycemia
- asthma
- high blood pressure
- ulcers
- colitis
- indigestion
- hemorrhoids
- diarrhea
- constipation
- diabetes
Dermatological
- eczema
- acne
- herpes
Musculo-Skeletal and Neurological
- arthritis
- neuralgia
- sciatica
- frozen shoulder
- tennis elbow
- back pain
- bursitis
- tendonitis
- stiff neck
- Bell’s palsy
- trigeminal neuralgia
- headache
- stroke
- cerebral palsy
- polio
- menier’s disease
- dizziness
- sprains
Genito-Urinary and Reproductive
- impotence
- infertility
- pre-menstrual syndrome (PMS)
- pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)
- vaginitis
- irregular period or cramps
- morning sickness
- Babies in breech presentation
- List of conditions for Women's Health
Mental-Emotional
- anxiety
- depression
- stress
- insomnia
This is only a partial list. If you have any questions about what acupuncture can do for you, please give us a call at: (412) 381-0116, or email us at: BirchCenter@yahoo.com.






