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The World Health Organization (WHO) has published a list of over fifty diseases successfully treated with acupuncture. Included on the list are sinusitis, asthma, arthritis, the common cold, headaches (including migraine), constipation, diarrhea, sciatica, and lower back pain.


World Health Organization (WHO) conducted a symposium on acupuncture
in June 1979 in Beijing, China. Physicians practising acupuncture in different
countries were invited to identify the conditions that might benefit from this
therapy.

Another difficulty in evaluating acupuncture practice is that the therapeutic
effect depends greatly on the proficiency of the acupuncturists—their ability and
skill in selecting and locating the acupuncture points and in manipulating the
needles.

Pain
The effectiveness of acupuncture analgesia has already been established in
controlled clinical studies. As mentioned previously, acupuncture analgesia
works better than a placebo for most kinds of pain, and its effective rate in the
treatment of chronic pain is comparable with that of morphine.

Head and face
The use of acupuncture for treating chronic pain of the head and face has been
studied extensively. For tension headache, migraine and other kinds of headache
due to a variety of causes, acupuncture has performed favourably results suggest that
acupuncture could play a significant role in treating such conditions.

Locomotor system
Chronically painful conditions of the locomotor system accompanied by
restricted movements of the joints are often treated with acupuncture if surgical
intervention is not necessary. Acupuncture not only alleviates pain, it also
reduces muscle spasm, thereby increasing mobility.


Gout
In a randomized controlled trial, blood-pricking acupuncture was compared with
conventional medication (allopurinol). The acupuncture group showed greater
improvement than the allopurinol group.

Biliary and renal colic
Acupuncture is suitable for treating acute pain, provided the relief of pain will
not mask the correct diagnosis, for which other treatments may be needed.
Biliary and renal colic are two conditions for which acupuncture can be used not
only as an analgesic but also as an antispasmodic.

Traumatic or postoperative pain
For traumas such as sprains, acupuncture is not only useful for relieving pain
without the risk of drug dependence, but may also hasten recovery by improving
local circulation Acupuncture analgesia to relieve postoperative pain is
well recognized and has been confirmed in controlled studies

Dentistry
Acupuncture has been widely used in dentistry. There are reports of randomized
controlled trials on the analgesic effect of acupuncture for postoperative pain
from various dental procedures, including tooth extraction

Childbirth
In childbirth, acupuncture analgesia is useful for relieving labour pain and can
significantly reduce the duration of labour (82).
In the case of weakened uterine
contractions, acupuncture increases the activity of the uterus

Surgery
Acupuncture analgesia has the following advantages in surgical operations. It is
a very safe procedure compared with drug anaesthesia; no death has ever been
reported from acupuncture analgesia.


Infections
Acupuncture has been reported to be effective for treating acute bacillary
dysentery (8-10). Its effect is comparable with that of conventional medicines
such as furazolidone, but the use of acupuncture in the first line of defence
against this disease is not practicable—daily performance of needling procedures
is much more complicated than administering oral drug therapy.

Neurological disorders
In the neurological field, headaches, migraines and neuralgia are the common
painful conditions treated with acupuncture. Strokes and their sequelae are
another major indication for acupuncture. Early treatment of paresis after stroke
has proved highly effective.

Respiratory disorders
Acupuncture is often used in treating respiratory disorders. Allergic rhinitis is
one of the major indications. In controlled studies, it has been shown that
acupuncture is more effective than antihistamine drugs in the treatment of
allergic rhinitis (111-115).


Digestive disorders
Epigastric pain is a common symptom in diseases of the stomach, including
peptic ulcer, acute and chronic gastritis, and gastric spasm. Acupuncture
provides satisfactory relief of epigastric pain—significantly better than injections
of anisodamine or morphine plus atropine


Blood disorders
Among various blood disorders, leukopenia is the most suitable for acupuncture
treatment. In controlled studies, acupuncture has been shown to be more
effective than batilol and/or cysteine phenylacetate in the treatment of
leukopenia due to chemotherapy

Urogenital disorders
Urinary retention due to functional disorders, with no organic obstruction, is
often treated with acupuncture. For postpartum or postoperative urinary
retention, successful micturition usually occurs immediately after one session of
needling

Gynaecological and obstetric disorders
Primary dysmenorrhoea, a painful condition, is one of the major indications for
acupuncture in the field of gynaecological disorders. The beneficial effect of
acupuncture on this condition has been repeatedly reported in controlled trials
(153, 154). Acupuncture relieves pain and also regulates the motility of the uterus
to facilitate menstrual discharge and further alleviate the pain


Cardiovascular disorders
Acupuncture is suitable for treating primary hypotension and early
essential hypertension . It has been reported that the influence of
acupuncture on hypertension might be related to its regulatory effect on the level
of serum nitrogen monoxide

Psychiatric disorders and mental disturbances
Acupuncture is being increasingly used in psychiatric disorders. The effect of
acupuncture on depression (including depressive neurosis and depression
following stroke) has been documented repeatedly in controlled studies

Paediatric disorders
Diarrhoea in infants and young children is still a daunting problem worldwide,
particularly in developing countries. Acupuncture seems to be worth using, at
least as an adjunct to conventional treatments, because it regulates intestinal
function and enhances immune response without causing an imbalance in the
intestinal flora as do antibiotics


Disorders of the sense organs
Deaf-mute children were once extensively treated with acupuncture in China,
but no methodologically sound reports have ever shown that acupuncture
therapy had any real effectiveness. A recent randomized controlled clinical trial
on sudden-onset deafness in adults favoured acupuncture treatment

Skin diseases
In some countries, many skin diseases are customarily treated with acupuncture,
but very few controlled studies have been published. In a randomized controlled
clinical trial on chloasma, acupuncture had a significantly better effect than
vitamins C and E (224).

Cancers
No controlled study has been reported on the efficacy of acupuncture in the
treatment of cancer itself. However, acupuncture still has uses in cancer
treatments.


Obesity and hyperlipaemia
are becoming increasingly important medical issues.
If acupuncture could help in reducing body weight and blood lipids, its clinical
use could be greatly expanded. Quite a number of reports on this effect have
been published.

Acupuncture benefit to patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes
mellitus. Its efficacy has been shown to be superior to that of placebos and
comparable with that of tolbutamide
Anisodamine is effective in treating excessive salivation induced by drugs
(usually antipsychotics), but acupuncture seems to be more effective (242).
There are also reports on the treatment of Sjögren syndrome (sicca syndrome)
(243), Raynaud syndrome (244), Stein-Leventhal syndrome (polycystic ovary
syndrome) (244), and Tietze syndrome (costochondritis) (245), which indicate
beneficial effects from acupuncture treatment. Since these reports have appeared
only in individual papers, confirmation by further study is necessary



ACUPUNCTURE: REVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF
REPORTS ON CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL

Dr Xiaorui Zhang
Acting Coordinator
Traditional Medicine (TRM)
Department of Essential Drugs
and Medicines Policy (EDM)
World Health Organization





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