Acupuncture
By Bindi Zhu, M.D. (China) Ph.D. (Traditional Chinese Medicine)
Most recently the prestigious Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2015 for studies of traditional herbal medicines was awarded to Youyou Tu, a Chinese scientist who “managed to extract a substance, artemisinin, which inhibits the malaria parasite.”2 Has led to “a novel therapy against malaria.”1 “Drugs based on artemisinin have led to the survival and improved health of millions of people.”2
Conditions Recommended for Acupuncture by the World Health Organization (W.H.O.)
Respiratory Diseases
- Acute sinusitis
- Acute rhinitis
- Common cold
- Acute tonsillitis
Bronchopulmonary Diseases
- Acute bronchitis
- Bronchial asthma
Eye Disorders
- Acute conjuctivitis
- Cataract (without complications)
- Myopia
- Central retinitis
Disorders of the Mouth Cavity
- Toothache
- Pain after tooth extraction
- Gingivitis
- Pharyngitis
Orthopedic Disorders
- Periarthritis humeroscapularis
- Tennis elbow
- Sciatica
- Low back pain
- Rheumatoid arthritis
Gastrointestinal Disorders
- Spasm of the esophagus and cardia
- Hiccups
- Gastroptosis
- Acute and chronic gastritis
- Gastric hyperacidity
- Chronic duodenal ulcer
- Acute and chronic colitis
- Acute bacterial dysentery
- Constipation
- Diarrhea
- Paralytic ileus
Neurologic Disorders
- Headache
- Migraine
- Trigeminal neuralgia
- Facial paralysis
- Paralysis after apoplectic fit
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Paralysis caused by poliomyelitis
- Meniere’s syndrome
- Neurogenic bladder dysfunction
- Nocturnal enuresis
- Intercostal neuralgia