What can acupuncture help with? A list from the World Health Organization

Diseases, symptoms or conditions for which acupuncture has been proven—through controlled trials—to be an effective treatment:

Pain-related:

Low back pain

Neck pain

Knee pain

Periarthritis of the shoulder (frozen shoulder)

Tennis elbow

Dental pain

Postoperative pain

Headache

Migraine

Neurological:

Facial pain (including temporomandibular joint dysfunction)

Trigeminal neuralgia

Peripheral neuropathies

Stroke (assisting in rehabilitation)

Paresis following stroke

Digestive:

Nausea and vomiting (including from chemotherapy or pregnancy)

Peptic ulcer

Acute and chronic gastritis

Respiratory:

Allergic rhinitis (including hay fever)

Sinusitis

Acute bronchitis

Bronchial asthma

Citation: World Health Organization. (2003). Acupuncture: Review and analysis of reports on controlled clinical trials. World Health Organization. https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/42414