
Acupuncture, needling in: Which symptoms and sickness does the ancient therapy treat most effectively?
© original article by Susan Scutti | Aug 1, 2014
In its review of acupuncture, the World Health Organisation said 80 percent of 129 countries surveyed now recognise the use of acupuncture. Worldwide, it is generally safe, and in the U.S., relatively few complications have been reported by patients treated by licensed practitioners.
WHO also indicates acupuncture as an effective treatment for more than 50 medical problems and conditions, including addiction, arthritis, depression, dysentery, fatigue, fibromyalgia, insomnia, migraine, pain, pneumonia, sciatica, stress, tooth pain, and vomiting. The greatest champion of the needling practice, China accommodates acupuncture in addition to conventional medicine at every level of its health-care services, with public and private insurance covering both.
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