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Evidence Supports Acupuncture Effectiveness 2017

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Acupuncture Allergic Rhinitis Allergies Back Pain Chemotherapy induce nausea and vomitting Chronic low back pain cluster headaches depression headaches Knee osteoarthritis low back pain Migraine prophylaxis Nausea osteoarthritis Postoperative nausea & vomiting Postoperative pain Postpartum Depression Sleep sore back stress Vomitting

By Gentle Acupunture
November 24, 2017
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According to The Acupuncture Evidence Project: A Comparative Literature Review,

Those conditions with strong evidence supporting the effectiveness of acupuncture are as follows:

Allergic rhinitis (perennial & seasonal)

  • Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (with
    anti-emetics)
  • Chronic low back pain
  • Headache (tension-type and chronic)
  • Knee osteoarthritis
  • Migraine prophylaxis
  • Postoperative nausea & vomiting
  • Postoperative pain

Conditions with moderate – high evidence supporting the effectiveness of acupuncture

  • Acute low back pain
  • Acute stroke
  • Ambulatory anaesthesia
  • Anxiety
  • Aromatase-inhibitor-induced arthralgia
  • Asthma in adults
  • Back or pelvic pain during pregnancy
  • Cancer pain – Post-stroke spasticity
  • Cancer-related fatigue
  • Constipation
  • Craniotomy anaesthesia
  • Depression (with antidepressants)
  • Restless leg syndrome
  • Dry eye
  • Hypertension (with medication)
  • Insomnia
  • Irritable bowel syndrome
  • Labour pain
  • Lateral elbow pain
  • Menopausal hot flushes
  • Modulating sensory perception thresholds
  • Neck pain
  • Obesity
  • Perimenopausal & postmenopausal insomnia
  • Plantar heel pain
  • Post-stroke insomnia
  • Post-stroke shoulder pain
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder
  • Prostatitis pain/chronic pelvic pain syndrome
  • Recovery after colorectal cancer resection
  • Schizophrenia (with antipsychotics)
  • Sciatica
  • Shoulder impingement syndrome (early stage) (with
    exercise)
  • Shoulder pain
  • Smoking cessation (up to 3 months)
  • Stroke rehabilitation
  • Temporomandibular pain

Click here to read the full review.

 

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