Acupuncture is a system which can influence four areas of health care:
Promotion of health, healing, and well-being
Prevention of illness
Pain relief
Treatment of various medical conditions
Acupuncture can be effective as the only treatment used, or as the support or adjunct to other medical treatment forms in many medical and surgical disorders.
the world health organization recognizes the use of acupuncture in the treatment of a wide range of medical problems, including but not limited:
Neurological and muscular disorders: Headache, migraines, dizziness, neck and shoulder pain, back pain, chest pain, knee pain, sciatic pain, elbow pain, tendinitis, pinched nerves, post shingles pain, trigeminal nerve pain, facial paralysis, facial tics, bladder dysfunction, stroke recovery, ADHD.
