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Acupuncture Scientific Evidence

What does science research say about acupuncture?

Acupuncture-Evidence-Based Treatment

Strong Evidence Supporting Effectiveness

  • Allergic rhinitis (perennial & seasonal)
  • Chemotherapy-induced nausea & vomiting (with antii-emetics)
  • Chronic low back pain
  • Headaches (tension-type and chronic)
  • Knee osteoarthritis
  • Migraine prophylaxis
  • Postoperative nausea & vomiting
  • Postoperative pain

Moderate Evidence Supporting Effectiveness

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

Source: The Acupuncture Evidence Project: A Comparative Literature Review by John McDonald and Stephen Janz, January 2017 (Revised Edition)

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